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Issues: (i) Whether offshore supplies under the project contract and related receipts were taxable in India on the basis of an alleged artificial split of a composite contract, business connection, permanent establishment, or section 44BBB; (ii) Whether global operation fees were taxable as fees for technical services under the India-UK DTAA and the Act.
Issue (i): Whether offshore supplies under the project contract and related receipts were taxable in India on the basis of an alleged artificial split of a composite contract, business connection, permanent establishment, or section 44BBB.
Analysis: The contract documentation and bidding structure showed separate offshore and onshore contracts with distinct scopes, and the Indian associate was treated as an independent contractor for the onshore portions. The overall responsibility clauses did not convert the separate contracts into a single taxable composite supply arrangement. The Revenue did not establish, on evidence, that the assessee had a business connection, dependent agent permanent establishment, or construction permanent establishment in India. In the absence of operations giving rise to the income in India, offshore supply receipts could not be brought to tax, and section 44BBB was inapplicable.
Conclusion: The issue is decided in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether global operation fees were taxable as fees for technical services under the India-UK DTAA and the Act.
Analysis: The services under the global operation fee arrangements were found to be largely managerial and coordination-oriented, and the evidence did not show that technical knowledge, skill, or experience was made available to the recipient so as to enable independent application in future. The Revenue also did not demonstrate that the non-taxed portion of the fees satisfied the treaty threshold for technical services taxation.
Conclusion: The issue is decided in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The impugned additions relating to offshore supplies, alleged permanent establishment, attribution of profits, section 44BBB, and the contested global operation fee component were deleted, while one computational issue was sent back for verification.
Ratio Decidendi: Separate contracts with distinct scopes and independent counterparties do not become a taxable composite arrangement merely because the foreign contractor remains overall responsible for project completion, and treaty-based technical services taxation applies only when the service makes available technical knowledge, skill, or experience to the recipient.
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