Bengal Tiger Line PTE Ltd. v. Dy.CIT (2020) 196 DTR 305 / 208 TTJ 1125 (2021) 188 ITD 397 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Shipping business-Invocation of article 24 of India-Singapore DTAA not justified-Exemption under article 8 is allowed-DTAA-India-Singapore. [S. 44B, 172, Art. 8, 24, Singapore Income-tax Act, S 13F]

Where exemption under article 8 of India-Singapore DTAA in terms of which, global income of a tax resident of Singapore from shipping operations, even though earned outside Singapore is taxable only in Singapore on accrual basis. Thus, it was held that article 24 of India-Singapore DTAA could not be invoked to deny benefit of exemption under article even though such income was exempt in Singapore by virtue of separate exemptions provided under Singapore Income-tax Act. (AY. 2015-16)