India, US reach settlement on 2% equalisation levy

India and the United States have reached an agreement to settle differences relating to the 2% equalisation levy imposed by New Delhi on e-commerce operators. The settlement is broadly on the lines of the one reached under the s Compromise reached among the UK, Austria, France, Italy and Spain with the US on October 21 this year.
Under the agreement, India will continue to impose the levy March 31, 2024, or till the implementation of Pillar 1 of the OECD agreement on taxing multinationals and cross-border digital transactions. The US will terminate the trade tariff actions it had announced in response to the levy and will not take any further actions.