COURT: | ITAT Mumbai |
CORAM: | D. Karunakara Rao (AM), Vivek Varma (JM) |
SECTION(S): | 9(1)(vii), Article 12, Article 14 |
GENRE: | International Tax |
CATCH WORDS: | Fees for technical services |
COUNSEL: | S Venkatraman |
DATE: | November 12, 2014 (Date of pronouncement) |
DATE: | November 17, 2014 (Date of publication) |
AY: | 2007-08 |
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S. 9(1)(vii): Separate agreements for supply & installation cannot be regarded as one composite contract. However, as the installation is an "assembly" project, it will not constitute "fees for technical services". Even if such services are FTS u/s 9(1)(vii) they are excluded from taxation in India by Article 14 of the India-Swiss DTAA as the recipient has no PE in India |
(i) It is undisputed that the mailroom equipment comprised of various units and was hence a complex equipment. The bid document clearly stipulated that the units/components of the mailroom equipment would have to be installed and commissioned by trained and …
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