Monday 24 February 2025
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has added a new tax surcharge to its examinations delivered in India in response to changes to the country’s fiscal system. The College has also launched a review of all tax liabilities for its international work.
In July 2024 RCEM was made aware of taxes which would impact our – and other Royal Medical Colleges’ – activity in India due to changes implemented by the Indian authorities. As soon as it became aware, RCEM began to look into the matter.
It has been established that the College is liable for two types of indirect tax in India – Online Information Database Access and Retrieval, which was introduced in India on 1 October 2023, and Goods and Services Tax dating back to July 2017 – which has resulted in a legacy tax liability.
The College has been working with two expert firms which specialise in overseas tax issues to gain better understanding of how it should proceed regarding this matter. This work is ongoing.
The final total amount of the outstanding liability has yet to be confirmed but the College is confident it has the financial resilience to meet it.
As investigations into the situation in India progress, the College has taken the opportunity to conduct a review of all its international activity to ensure it is full appraised and compliant with all localised tax requirements.
