Section 44BB contains special provisions for computation of taxable income of a non resident assessee engaged in the business of providing services or facilities in connection with, or supplying plant and machinery on hire, used or to be used, in the prospecting for, or extraction or production of, mineral oils. It provides that 10% of the amount paid or payable to, or the amount received or receivable by, the assessee for provision of such services or facilities or supply of plant and machinery shall be deemed to be the taxable income of such non-resident assessee. Whereas Section 44B contains special provisions for computing profits and gains of shipping business of a non-resident assessee. In the case of non-residents, such profits and gains will be taken at an amount equal to 7.5% (seven and a half per cent) of the amount paid or payable to the non-resident or to any other person on his behalf on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any Indian port as also of the amount received or deemed to be received in India on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any port outside India. Section 172, which is a complete code in itself, contains provisions for taxation of occasional shipping business of non-residents in respect of profits made by them from carriage of passengers,

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections 28 to 43A, in the case of an assessee, being a non-resident, engaged in the business of operation of ships, a sum equal to seven and a half per cent of the aggregate of the amounts specified in sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be the profits and gains of such business chargeable to tax under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession" . (2) The amounts referred to in sub-section (1) shall be the following, namely :— (i) the amount paid or payable (whether in or out of India) to the assessee or to any person on his behalf on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any port in India; and (ii) the amount received or deemed to be received in India by or on behalf of the assessee on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any port outside India.]

Section 44BB contains special provisions for computation of taxable income of a non resident assessee engaged in the business of providing services or facilities in connection with, or supplying plant and machinery on hire, used or to be used, in the prospecting for, or extraction or production of, mineral oils. It provides that 10% of the amount paid or payable to, or the amount received or receivable by, the assessee for provision of such services or facilities or supply of plant and machinery shall be deemed to be the taxable income of such non-resident assessee.

**SECTION 44B AND 44BBB OF INCOME TAX** [Special provision for computing profits and gains of shipping business in the case of non-residents. 5744B. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections 28 to 43A, in the case of an assessee, being a non-resident, engaged in the business of operation of ships, a sum equal to seven and a half per cent of the aggregate of the amounts specified in sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be the profits and gains of such business chargeable to tax under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession" . (2) The amounts referred to in sub-section (1) shall be the following, namely :— (i) the amount paid or payable (whether in or out of India) to the assessee or to any person on his behalf on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any port in India; and (ii) the amount received or deemed to be received in India by or on behalf of the assessee on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any port outside India.] 58[Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section, the amount referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) shall include the amount paid or payable or received or deemed to be received, as the case may be, by way of demurrage charges or handling charges or any other amount of similar nature Section 44 BBB of Income Tax Act 1961- SPECIAL PROVISION FOR COMPUTING PROFITS AND GAINS OF FOREIGN COMPANIES ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF CIVIL CONSTRUCTION, ETC., IN CERTAIN TURNKEY POWER PROJECTS: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections 28 to 44AA, in the case of an assessee, being a foreign company, engaged in the business of civil construction or the business of erection of plant or machinery or testing or commissioning thereof, in connection with a turnkey power project approved by the Central Government 727 in this behalf and financed under any international aid programme, a sum equal to ten per cent of the amount paid or payable (whether in or out of India) to the said assessee or to any person on his behalf on account of such civil construction, erection, testing or commissioning shall be deemed to be the profits and gains of such business chargeable to tax under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession". Thanks

Section 44BB contains special provisions for computation of taxable income of a non resident assessee engaged in the business of providing services or facilities in connection with, or supplying plant and machinery on hire, used or to be used, in the prospecting for, or extraction or production of, mineral oils. It provides that 10% of the amount paid or payable to, or the amount received or receivable by, the assessee for provision of such services or facilities or supply of plant and machinery shall be deemed to be the taxable income of such non-resident assessee. Whereas Section 44B contains special provisions for computing profits and gains of shipping business of a non-resident assessee. In the case of non-residents, such profits and gains will be taken at an amount equal to 7.5% (seven and a half per cent) of the amount paid or payable to the non-resident or to any other person on his behalf on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any Indian port as also of the amount received or deemed to be received in India on account of the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at any port outside India. Section 172, which is a complete code in itself, contains provisions for taxation of occasional shipping business of non-residents in respect of profits made by them from carriage of passengers, livestock, mail or goods shipped at a port in India. Business of Providing Services and