India’s AAR rules offshore supply income in a composite EPC contract is taxable

May 30 2012

India’s Authority for Advance Ruling has sent a warning that taxpayers will have to be more cautious in structuring and evaluating the tax implications of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts that involve offshore supply of equipments by foreign suppliers/EPC contractors to Indian parties.

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