Income Tax : The article explains how India has broadened Permanent Establishment and Business Connection concepts after BEPS reforms. It highl...
Income Tax : xplains how the functions performed by an Indian subsidiary are tested under Article 5 to determine whether a foreign company form...
Income Tax : The analysis explains how activities of a liaison office can trigger PE exposure despite regulatory approval. Taxability depends o...
Income Tax : Highlights how the Court ruled that consistent operational control and strategic oversight in India can establish a Fixed Place PE...
Income Tax : Supreme Court rules that foreign taxpayers without current projects or PE in India can still set off expenses and depreciation aga...
Income Tax : The OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs has proposed important and far-reaching changes to the Commentary on Article 5 (Permanent Est...
Income Tax : A host of companies from Mumbai, said to be 367 in number and mostly multinational in nature, have moved the recently set up dispu...
Income Tax : A Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement was signed between India and Tajikistan today, i.e. 20th November, 2008. The Agreement was s...
Income Tax : The ITAT observed that mere remote access to customer-owned systems does not satisfy the disposal and permanence tests required fo...
Income Tax : Delhi ITAT ruled that only unique solar days of employee presence, and not cumulative man-days, should be considered for determini...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed SLPs and upheld the High Court’s finding that reassessment notices lacked tangible material. The rul...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court declined to condone delay, thereby upholding the High Court’s conclusion that the liaison office did not const...
Income Tax : The judgment confirms that income from offshore equipment supply is not taxable where transactions occur outside India. The liaiso...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Section 206C (1G) of Income Tax Act shall not apply to a person (being a buyer) who is a non-resident & who does not...
Income Tax : Public Consultation on the proposal for amendment of Rules for Profit attribution to Permanent (PE) Establishment invited by CBDT....
The ITAT observed that mere remote access to customer-owned systems does not satisfy the disposal and permanence tests required for constituting a Fixed Place PE under the India-Canada DTAA.
Delhi ITAT ruled that only unique solar days of employee presence, and not cumulative man-days, should be considered for determining Service PE under the India-US DTAA. Since the assessee’s employees stayed only 72 unique days in India, no PE existed and Section 44BB taxation was deleted.
The article explains how India has broadened Permanent Establishment and Business Connection concepts after BEPS reforms. It highlights the shift from physical presence to economic nexus-based taxation.
The Supreme Court dismissed SLPs and upheld the High Court’s finding that reassessment notices lacked tangible material. The ruling reinforces that mere survey findings cannot justify reopening of assessments.
The Supreme Court declined to condone delay, thereby upholding the High Court’s conclusion that the liaison office did not constitute a PE. The High Court found activities to be preparatory in nature. The ruling highlights strict standards for establishing PE in India.
The judgment confirms that income from offshore equipment supply is not taxable where transactions occur outside India. The liaison office was also held not to create a taxable presence. The case highlights limits of tax jurisdiction over cross-border supplies.
The Court set aside Section 148 notices after finding no tangible evidence supporting the existence of a Permanent Establishment. The ruling highlights the need for concrete material in reassessment.
The Tribunal ruled that a Dependent Agent PE arises only if agents habitually conclude contracts or secure orders on behalf of the foreign enterprise. Since no such evidence existed, the foreign company’s income from software sales was not taxable in India.
xplains how the functions performed by an Indian subsidiary are tested under Article 5 to determine whether a foreign company forms a PE in India.
The Supreme Court declined to interfere where courts below found no permanent establishment in India due to offshore execution of contracts. The ruling confirms that profit attribution fails without a PE.
