TMI BlogWhether in cases where no tax is payable in India, the Assessing Officer shall be competent to issue an annual ‘No Objection Certificate’, valid for a year, in respect of taxation of shipping profits under section 172, after carefully verifying applicability of relevant provisions concerning taxation of shipping profits in double taxation agreement with country of which owner or charterer is residentX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sident X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rprise belonging to a country with which India has entered into an agreement on avoidance of double taxation, which provides for taxation of shipping profits only in the country of which the enterprise is a resident, no tax is payable by such ships at the Indian ports. Under such circumstances, a 'No Objection Certificate' is to be obtained by the master of the ship from the concerned income-tax a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ident shipping company is engaged in 'international traffic', a term which is invariably defined in the DTAA itself. An undertaking from the non-resident company that during the period of the currency of the NOC, no ship belonging to it will be in any traffic other than 'international traffic', shall be obtained before the issue of the NOC. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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