Sometimes the foreign enterprises carry out the work directly and sometimes they only supervise. There has been a controversy whether the fees received by a foreign enterprise for it is liable to be taxed in India or not.

 Several courts have held that when a foreign enterprise undertakes setting up, assembly and commissioning of imported equipment in India, the fees payable for such services falls in the category of

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First Published: Sep 08 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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