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Permanent Establishment (PE) is the fundamental criterion under the tax treaties for taxation of foreign company’s business income in India. A permanent establishment of a foreign company is typically regarded as a virtual extension or taxable presence of such foreign company in the host country, similar to that of an independent legal entity in such country. A PE of a foreign company is required to maintain books of accounts as per the normal accounting principles in the host country, besides undertaking tax compliances alike an independent legal entity.
You would be aware that, recently Supreme Court upheld the decision of Delhi High Court in the case of Fomrula One that it does have Permanent Establishment [PE] in India.
Assessee submitted that project receipt from Tanakpur Power Project of NHPC work is exempt from tax in India for the reason that assessee does not have continuous presence or ‘business connection’ or a permanent establishment in India.
One of the necessary conditions for holding that an agent constitutes a PE of an enterprise is that the agent must have an authority to conclude contracts or should have been found to be habitually entering into or concluding contracts on behalf of the enterprise.
Being a resident of Korea, appellant is governed by the Income-tax Laws applicable to the class of assessees as that of the appellant as prevalent in Korea. Therefore, it has a tax identity in Korea. In addition thereto, appellant has submitted to the jurisdiction of Indian Taxing Authorities by furnishing return of income and, thereby, acknowledged that it has also a tax identity in India.
The OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs has proposed important and far-reaching changes to the Commentary on Article 5 (Permanent Establishment) of the OECD Model Tax Convention. As these changes will have an impact on India, the CBDT has, vide letter dated 8.11.2011, invited comments on the proposals before finalizing its view and sending it as India’s official response to the OECD.
CIT vs. M/s BKI/HAM v.o.f. (Uttarakhand High Court)-Tribunal in the assessment order 1995-96 as well as the appellate authority in the assessment order 1994-95 have categorically given a finding of fact that the entire duration of the contract was from 27th December, 1993 till 26th June, 1994, i.e., less than six months. Article 5 (3) of the treaty provided that in order to constitute a permanent establishment such site or project should continue for a period of more than six months.
Recently in the case of Lanka Hydraulic Institute Limited In AAR No. 874 of 2010 , the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) held that where the scope of work under a contract is primarily related to technology transfer by way of software along with ancillary services in the nature of field data collection/mathematical model studies, the consideration would constitute “Royalty” under Article 12 of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with Sri Lanka (the tax treaty). The applicant had argued that since there was no specific Article in the tax treaty for taxation of Fees for Technical Services (“FTS”), the consideration would constitute business profits under Article 7 of the tax treaty, which would not be taxable in the absence of a Permanent Establishment (“PE”) in India. The AAR rejected this contention and ruled that the income would be taxed under Article 12 of the tax treaty as Royalty.
The Tribunal accepted most of the contentions of the assessee. The ruling assumes significance since it has held that selection of right goods and negotiation of price as per the instructions of the Head Office though a part of the purchasing activit
In a recent ruling, the Mumbai Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal), in the case of Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (the assessee) held that commission paid by an entertainment event management firm in India to a UK based
