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Can a Subsidiary Company create a PE of Foreign Holding Company in India?

Income Tax : xplains how the functions performed by an Indian subsidiary are tested under Article 5 to determine whether a foreign company form...

February 7, 2026 651 Views 0 comment Print

When a Liaison Office Becomes a Taxable Permanent Establishment?

Income Tax : The analysis explains how activities of a liaison office can trigger PE exposure despite regulatory approval. Taxability depends o...

February 3, 2026 576 Views 0 comment Print

SC Defines PE Beyond Physical Presence: Hyatt International Ruling Explained

Income Tax : Highlights how the Court ruled that consistent operational control and strategic oversight in India can establish a Fixed Place PE...

December 4, 2025 1227 Views 0 comment Print

Deductions Allowed Even Without Active PE: SC Clarifies Business Continuity for Non-Residents

Income Tax : Supreme Court rules that foreign taxpayers without current projects or PE in India can still set off expenses and depreciation aga...

December 2, 2025 633 Views 0 comment Print

GST and Income Tax on Software Purchases from Foreign Vendors Without PE in India

Goods and Services Tax : A practical guide on how India taxes imported digital services, explaining GST under RCM and when TDS applies. Key takeaway: Buyer...

November 17, 2025 3537 Views 0 comment Print


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OECD releases a discussion draft on the definition of 'permanent establishment' in the OECD Model Tax Convention; CBDT invite Comments

Income Tax : The OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs has proposed important and far-reaching changes to the Commentary on Article 5 (Permanent Est...

November 11, 2011 1282 Views 0 comment Print

MNC preferring dispute resolution panel to settle their disputes with Income tax department

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...

May 11, 2010 580 Views 0 comment Print

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Signed Between India and Tajikistan

Income Tax : A Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement was signed between India and Tajikistan today, i.e. 20th November, 2008. The Agreement was s...

December 1, 2008 810 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Dismisses Appeal Due to Delay, HC Ruling on No PE and Offshore Taxability Stands

Income Tax : The Supreme Court declined to condone delay, thereby upholding the High Court’s conclusion that the liaison office did not const...

April 21, 2026 381 Views 0 comment Print

Offshore Supply Income Not Taxable in India Due to Absence of Business Connection: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The judgment confirms that income from offshore equipment supply is not taxable where transactions occur outside India. The liaiso...

April 21, 2026 306 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Notices Quashed Due to Lack of Tangible Material for PE Allegation

Income Tax : The Court set aside Section 148 notices after finding no tangible evidence supporting the existence of a Permanent Establishment. ...

April 20, 2026 381 Views 0 comment Print

No DAPE Where Distributors Act on Principal-to-Principal Basis ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a Dependent Agent PE arises only if agents habitually conclude contracts or secure orders on behalf of the...

March 12, 2026 339 Views 0 comment Print

No Permanent Establishment Found, Revenue Appeal Dismissed by SC

Income Tax : The Supreme Court declined to interfere where courts below found no permanent establishment in India due to offshore execution of ...

February 4, 2026 288 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Non residents having no PE in India exempted from section 206C(1G) TCS

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...

August 17, 2022 4680 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment of Rules for Profit attribution to PE: CBDT invites comment

Income Tax : Public Consultation on the proposal for amendment of Rules for Profit attribution to Permanent (PE) Establishment invited by CBDT....

April 18, 2019 4683 Views 0 comment Print


Mitsui India is not a Dependent Agent Permanent Establishment of Mitsui, Japan

December 4, 2020 1224 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The facts in brief are that the assessee-company is incorporated in Japan and had a subsidiary in India, Mitsui India Pvt. Ltd. (MIPL). In India, assessee has undertaken several projects in connection with big natural installment and power projects during the relevant year through its project office. […]

Revenue Generated from Bookings Made within India Attributable to PE, Hence Taxable in India

November 28, 2020 1704 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether revenue generated from the bookings made within India is the revenue attributable to the PE of the assessee is taxable in India?

TDS not deductible on Agency Commission paid to Overseas Agents not having PE in India

November 21, 2020 11925 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Shamrock Pharmachemi Pvt.Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) We find that assessee is engaged in the business of trading activity of import and export of pharmaceutical ingredients, chemicals and intermediates. We find that the assessee debited a sum of Rs. 4,18,50,792/- in its profit and loss account towards export commission paid to overseas agents, who arrange […]

Common strategies used to avoid Permanent Establishment status

November 20, 2020 7404 Views 0 comment Print

Avoidance of Permanent Establishment (PE) status of Non-Residents are made through various arrangements. Company structures their business in way that status of PE can artificially be avoided. The definition of permanent establishment included in tax treaties is therefore crucial in determining whether a non-resident enterprise must pay income tax in another jurisdiction. Strategies used to […]

Liaison Office & Land Earth Station not Constitute PE in India

November 4, 2020 1233 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether DRP is correct in considering the Liaison Office (LO) and Land Earth Station (‘LES’) constitutes a permanent establishment (PE) in India?

Mitsui India Pvt. Ltd (MIPL) is not a DAPE of Mitsui & Co. Japan

October 23, 2020 1008 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The AO asked the assessee to explain why Mitsui India Pvt. Ltd (MIPL) should not be treated Dependant Agent Permanent Establishment (DAPE) in India and also why the assessment should not be completed as per the preceding assessment year since the facts remain the same. Rejecting the […]

MIPL is not a Dependent Agency Permanent Establishment of Mitsui & Co.

October 2, 2020 1806 Views 0 comment Print

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Vs DDIT (International Taxation) (ITAT Delhi) Since the lower authorities following the orders of the preceding years have held that M/s. Mitsui & Co. Ltd. has been constituted as Dependent Agent PE of the assessee company in India, therefore, following the consistent decisions of the Tribunal in assessee’s own case in […]

Preparatory & Auxiliary activities in Permanent Establishment: How does India cope with the dearth in determining provisions?

September 5, 2020 22071 Views 0 comment Print

With the incessant global growth, the relevance of Permanent Establishment (PE) in international taxation has become paramount. In simpler terms, the expression ‘Permanent Establishment’ means a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.

Office established merely for communication is not a PE under India-Korea DTAA

July 29, 2020 1566 Views 0 comment Print

whether the office which is established merely for the sake of communication is covered under the character of Permanent Establishment (PE) under India-Korea DTAA?

Notional Interest on loan to AE assessable as income, if assessee having PE in India

July 24, 2020 3627 Views 0 comment Print

Whether notional interest income on the loan (interest-free) that was advanced by the assessee to its AE would be assessable as the income of the assessee which has a business connection or Permanent Establishment (PE) in India?

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