Last Updated on April 1, 2026 1:08 am by INDIAN AWAAZ
The Central Board of Direct Taxes- CBDT has signed a record 219 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with Indian taxpayers during the financial year 2025-26, marking the highest ever in a single year since the programme’s inception. According to the Finance Ministry, the total number of APAs signed so far has crossed the one-thousand mark, reaching over one thousand agreements. These include 750 Unilateral APAs and 284 Bilateral APAs.
Out of the total agreements signed this year, 84 were Bilateral APAs, surpassing last year’s record of 65. These were concluded with 13 treaty partners, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Australia and France. Notably, India also signed its first-ever bilateral APAs with France, Ireland, Indonesia and Sweden. The CBDT has maintained a steady rise in APA signings over the years, with 174 agreements concluded in 2024-25 and 125 in 2023-24.