Shenzhen SDG Information Co. Ltd. v. CIT (IT) (2025) 125 ITR 523 / 175 taxmann.com 328 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 263: Commissioner- Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Non-resident-Offshore supply contract-Offshore design, engineering and commissioning performed outside India-Receipts not taxable in India-Revision under section 263 not justified.[S. 44BB]

 

The assessee, a Chinese company, entered into separate offshore supply and onshore service agreements with Indian public sector undertakings for supply of optical ground wire cables and communication equipment. The Commissioner revised the assessment under section 263 by clubbing the offshore and onshore receipts and sought to tax the offshore receipts under section 44BBB. The Tribunal held that the offshore supply contract was independently executed outside India and the onshore activities were carried out through an Indian entity under a separate agreement. Following the decisions of the Supreme Court in Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Ltd., the offshore receipts were not chargeable to tax in India. Once the receipts were not taxable under the normal provisions, section 44BBB had no application. The revision order under section 263 was therefore quashed. (AY. 2017-18).

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