Taxation of royalties and technical service fees: non resident receipts taxed as business profits if effectively connected to a permanent establishment.
Clause 59 charges royalties and fees for technical services received by non residents as Profits and gains of business or profession when receipts from the Government or an Indian concern arise under an agreement, the assessee carries on business in India through a permanent establishment or fixed place of profession, and the rights, property or contract are effectively connected with that presence; deductions are limited to expenses wholly and exclusively for the Indian establishment and books of account and audit are required.