Tribunal Rules HCIL Not Required to Deduct Tax at Source for Payments to Non-Resident Enterprises Without Indian PE.

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....TDS u/s 195 - Taxability of income in India - PE in India - taxation of offshore supplies - Taxation of Fee for Technical Services (FTS) in the absence of FTS article under India-Thailand DTAA. The Tribunal held that HCIL, a subsidiary of Honda Motors Company Ltd., was not required to deduct tax at source for payments made for purchase of raw materials, components, etc. from non-resident associated enterprises as they did not have a PE in India. The Tribunal observed that the DRP and the Department had accepted that these associated enterprises did not have a PE in India. Regarding taxation of offshore supplies, the Tribunal held that since HCIL did not have a PE in India, the directions to attribute profits to operations carried out in the.........