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Issues: Whether the receipts from offshore supply of equipment were taxable in India on the footing that the assessee had a Permanent Establishment in India and whether section 44BB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 could be applied to attribute part of such receipts to India.
Analysis: The assessee was a tax resident of France and had supplied seismic equipment manufactured outside India to ONGC on offshore terms. The record did not show any material establishing a Permanent Establishment in India for the offshore supply activity. The conclusion of the lower authorities was based mainly on the duration of the contract, but the decisive factor was whether the contract was, in substance, for supply of equipment or for supply of services. The Tribunal found that the contract was for supply of equipment manufactured outside India, and that the mere duration of the project could not by itself determine the existence of a Permanent Establishment. In the absence of proof of a Permanent Establishment, the offshore supply receipts could not be brought to tax in India and the attribution under section 44BB was not sustainable.
Conclusion: The addition made on account of offshore supply receipts was not sustainable and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.
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