Permanent establishment tests: independent subsidiary premises and principal-to-principal dealings did not create Indian taxability for offshore supplies.

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....Fixed place permanent establishment requires evidence that the foreign enterprise has a right to use or control the Indian subsidiary's premises for its business; group-wide Form 10-K and website material do not establish that condition. A subsidiary relationship alone is insufficient. Dependent agency permanent establishment also requires authority to conclude contracts or habitual order securing for the foreign enterprise. Independent principal-to-principal dealings, the subsidiary's separate manufacturing operations, and a licence arrangement confined to royalty-bearing products did not satisfy those conditions. Neither form of permanent establishment arose, so no Indian profits were attributable to the disputed offshore supplies and the attribution was deleted.....