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...
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...
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 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 : The Court set aside Section 148 notices after finding no tangible evidence supporting the existence of a Permanent Establishment. ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a Dependent Agent PE arises only if agents habitually conclude contracts or secure orders on behalf of the...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court declined to interfere where courts below found no permanent establishment in India due to offshore execution of ...
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....
ITAT Ahmedabad held that in absence of FTS (Fees for Technical Service) clause in the India UAE Tax Treaty, payment for the FTS services cannot be taxed in India, unless it is established that the overseas company i.e. Oilstone UAE has a permanent establishment (PE) in India.
ITAT Delhi held that co-ordinate bench in assessee’s own case in earlier assessment years duly hold that Huawei India is permanent establishment of Huawei China in India. Based on norms of judicial discipline the same is implied in the present assessment too.
Generally, it is seen in the Tax Treaties and Model Tax Conventions that, the Article 5 Clause 7 provides for that an entity which is resident of contracting state who is controlled by another entity who is resident of other contracting state will not be considered as PE in other contracting state.
ITAT Delhi held that when the transaction between the assessee and its Indian AE is found to be at arm’s length, no further attribution of profit can be made to the dependent agent PE in India.
ITAT Delhi held that amount received not being in the nature of royalty under Article 12(3) of the treaty cannot be brought to tax in India in absence of a Permanent Establishment.
ITAT held that receipts from Satellite Transmission Services cannot be treated as royalty & not taxable at the hands of assessee in India
When software itself is not taxable, the training and related activities concerned with utilization & installation cannot be held to be FTS.
Companies register offshore for a variety of reasons, including tax benefits and financial privacy. Whether you need a company abroad depends on your specific business needs and goals.
The LO does not constitute a fixed place through which business of assessee is carried out in India. Employees of the LO do not negotiate, finalise or discuss the mechanics of contracts including pricing with the assessee’s customers. As such the employees of LO merely act as a communication link between the assessee and the airline companies. The LO did not carry any activity, beyond that permitted by the RBI. The activities carried by the LO are thus, preparatory (auxiliary) in nature. The activities/operations of the assessee in connection with the contracts are carried from outside India.
As the assessee does not have any permanent establishment in India, the incomes arising outside Indian Territories cannot be brought to tax.
