Category: Income-Tax Act

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Davalagiri Property Developers (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2023) 199 ITD 416 (Bang) (Trib.)

S. 10(2A) : Share income of partner- No distributable profits-Partnership firm had earned profit-Partner is eligible to claim exemption.

ITO (IT) v. Sungard Availability Services LP. (2023) 199 ITD 492 (Pune) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Business profits-Services rendered outside India-Cloud, colocation and network services, mainframe services, disaster/data recovery services-Infrastructure services to a US based company in US-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-USA [Art. 12]

Kony Inc. v. DCIT (2023) 199 ITD 427 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Fees for technical services-Computer software-Use of standardized software through EULA agreements which were non-exclusive and non-transferable-Payment is not in nature of royalty-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-USA. [S.9(1)(vi), Art. 12(4)(b)]

Buro Happold Ltd. v. DCIT (IT) (2023) 199 ITD 180 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Providing consulting engineering services to an Indian entity-Contract specific-Make available-Not taxable as fees for technical services-DTAA-India-UK [Art. 13]

Adore Technologies (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2023) 199 ITD 385 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Use of equipments-Cannot be treated as royalty or fees for technical services-DTAA-India-Singapore [S. 9(1)(vi), Art. 12(4)(a)]

Nan Lian Ship Management LLC v. ACIT (2023) 199 ITD 640 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Vessel hire charges-Royalty-Fees for technical services-Charter contract for transporting coal from one port to another through its ship-Not royalty-Rightly offered to tax under section 44B of the Act-DTAA-India-UAE [S. 9(1)(vii) 44B, Art. 13]

Soktas Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS. v. ACIT (IT) (2023) 199 ITD 457 / 222 TTJ 312/ 223 DTR 339 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Permitting right to use of brand name/trademark-Taxable as royalties-DTAA-India-Turkey. [S. 2(47)Art. 12(3), 13(6)]

Mentor Graphics (Ireland) Ltd. v. ACIT (IT) (2023) 199 ITD 147 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Computer software-Royalty-Income from sale of software to its distributor in India-Not in the nature of royalty-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-Ireland.[S. 9(1)(vii), Art. 12]

Digite Inc. USA v. ADIT (IT) (2023) 199 ITD 18 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Sale of computer software products-Not royalty-DTAA-India-USA [Art. 12(3)]

DCIT v. Mizuho Bank Ltd. (2023) 199 ITD 523 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(v) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Interest-Interest paid by Indian Branch of assessee-Japanese bank to its overseas head office was not chargeable to tax in India-DTAA-India-Japan [Art. 11]