Mere provision of a dredger on dry lease for carrying out dredging activity in India does not result in the taxpayer having a PE as per the India-Neth

Court: Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Citation: DDIT Vs. Nederlandsche Overzee Baggermaatschappiji B.V.

Brief: Recently, the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the held that mere provision of a dredger on dry lease for carrying out dredging activity in India does not result in the taxpayer having a Permanent Establishment (PE) as per the India- Netherlands tax treaty (tax treaty).

Further, the Tribunal relied on OECD commentary which states that to form a PE, there should be existence of fixed place of business i.e. it must be establish a distinct place with certain degree of permanence. It usually means that persons who in one way or another are dependent on the enterprise, conduct the business of the enterprise in the state in which the place is situated.

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