Where the assessee did not have a permanent establishment in India, no amounts of business profits could be taxed as fees for technical services. The assessee could not be taxed under the head fees for included services as well since though the services were provided by it by deputing two employees however there was nothing ‘made available’ by the assessee to its Indian counterparts hence the make available test was not satisfied. (AY. 2015-2016)
Tata Technologies Inc. v. ACIT (2022) 215 TTJ 372 (Pune) (Trib)
S. 9(1)(vii):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Sale of software-Not taxable as royalty – DTAA-India-USA. [S. 90(2), Art. 12(3) 12(4)]