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Double Taxation Relief: Rules and Benefits in India

Income Tax : The guide explains how residents can avoid double taxation through DTAA benefits, Foreign Tax Credit, and Section 91 relief, outli...

June 8, 2026 21237 Views 0 comment Print

India’s Evolving PE and Business Connection Tests – Post-Digital Economy BEPS Changes

Income Tax : The article explains how India has broadened Permanent Establishment and Business Connection concepts after BEPS reforms. It highl...

May 14, 2026 285 Views 0 comment Print

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 1029 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 813 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 1452 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 1318 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 607 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 840 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


APA Refund Reduces Taxable Royalty, No PE in India: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that only the royalty retained after an APA adjustment is taxable, applying the doctrine of real income...

June 20, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

Excess Royalty Refunded Under APA Cannot Be Taxed as Only Retained Amount Is Taxable: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that royalty refunded by a foreign company to its Indian subsidiary under an Advance Pricing Agreement ...

June 20, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

No Fixed Place PE in India as Customer Premises Were Not at Foreign Company’s Disposal: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT ruled that no installation or supervisory PE existed in India as the activities did not exceed the 120-day threshol...

June 13, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Deletes Section 44BB Addition as Revenue Failed to Establish PE in India

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that offshore supply receipts could not be taxed under Section 44BB where the Revenue failed to prove the existe...

June 7, 2026 198 Views 0 comment Print

Only Solar Days Count for Determining PE Under India-Saudi Arabia DTAA: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT ruled that only solar days and not cumulative man-days should be considered while determining the existence of a Pe...

May 22, 2026 1821 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 4812 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 4758 Views 0 comment Print


Fixed placed PE or agency placed PE in India is must to determine taxability

September 28, 2021 3549 Views 0 comment Print

In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble Tribunal relied upon the previous Judgments passed in the assesse own case and have observed that agents of the assessee did not have the necessary authority to conclude the contracts of the assessee and, on that premise, it was held that there is no agency PE of  assessee in India and therefore Assessee was not taxable in India.

No further income attributable to a PE in India, if PE been remunerated at ALP

September 25, 2021 2637 Views 0 comment Print

Mobileum Inc Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) since transactions between the assessee and its AE have been found at arm’s length prices no further income chargeable to tax in India can be said to be attributable for the PE of the assessee. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT MUMBAI This appeal by the Assessee is […]

Concept of Service PE and Key Judgements

July 20, 2021 54876 Views 1 comment Print

1. Concept of PE – Introduction 1. PE is primarily a concept relevant from tax treaty perspective. Under a treaty regime, business profits are ordinarily taxable in the country of residence except when there exists a PE in source country. 2. Article 5(1) U.N. Model Tax Convention and OECD Model Convention– Basic rule PE “a […]

Taxable unit is a Foreign Company and not its Branch or PE in India

May 28, 2021 2208 Views 0 comment Print

Morgan Stanley Mauritius Co Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The reasoning given by the DRP is ex facie incorrect inasmuch as the SCB-India, being a permanent establishment of a company fiscally domiciled in the United Kingdom, and is not a taxable unit in India, and the taxability is in the name of its general enterprise- […]

Onus on Revenue demonstrate that PE of A Foreign Enterprise Exists In India

May 27, 2021 1182 Views 0 comment Print

International Air Transport Association (Canada) Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) At this stage, we may herein observe that as in the present case before us, in the case of Delmas France (supra) also there was no finding of the lower authorities that the transactions between the principal and agent were done in arm’s length conditions. Under […]

Income from sale of software constitutes business income instead of royalty in absence of PE

January 11, 2021 2199 Views 0 comment Print

Income earned by assessee from sale of software, either directly to the customers in India or through Distributors or Resellers constituted its business income and not the Royalty income. As admittedly assessee did not have any Permanent Establishment in India, such income will not magnetize Indian taxation.

In absence of PE Training charges cannot be taxed as Business Income under DTAA with Sweden

January 6, 2021 1995 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the tax implications as Sandvik AB challenges the characterization of Training fees, testing DTAA provisions, and its application in the ITAT Pune decision.

Indian liaison office of UAE Company engaged in fund remittance services not constitute a PE in India

December 24, 2020 1650 Views 0 comment Print

Union of India Vs U.A.E. Exchange Centre (Supreme Court) Respondent was not carrying on any business activity in India as such, but only dispensing with the remittances by downloading information from the main server of respondent in UAE and printing cheques/drafts drawn on the banks in India as per the instructions given by the NRI […]

Has the AAAR fixed the ‘fixed establishment’ under GST?

December 18, 2020 7593 Views 1 comment Print

The ‘fixed establishment’ could pose yet another challenge to the ‘One nation One tax’ theory unless more clarity is brought to the definition similar to (or even better than) ‘Permanent Establishment’ defined under the Income Tax Act, 1961 read with DTAAs entered into with various countries.

MIPL is not a Dependent Agent PE of Mitsui & Co. Ltd

December 15, 2020 1110 Views 0 comment Print

DDIT Vs Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Learned DR contended that MIPL is economically dependent on assessee company as major revenue of MIPL is from assessee company. We are of the view that this per se cannot be ground to hold that MIPL is a Dependent Agent. For invoking this clause, first one of […]

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