Category: Income-Tax Act

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Rieter Machine works Limited v. ACIT (IT) (2022) 193 ITD 687 / 93 ITR 447 / 217 TTJ 726 / 213 DTR 185 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Royalty-Reimbursement of expenses-Costs recovered by assessee a non-resident for third party software which was integrated into assessee’s information technology infrastructure used for rendering services to an Indian company, would be taxable as fees for technical services/Royalty-DTAA-India-Switzerland. [S. 9(1)(vi), Art. 12]

GE Energy Management Services Inc. v. ACIT (IT) (2022) 193 ITD 485 / 215 TTJ 7 /209 DTR 204 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Offshore maintenance and support services to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)-Not assessable as fees for technical services-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12(4)]

Owens-Corning Inc v. DCIT (IT) (2022) 193 ITD 824 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Merely provided alloys, lease rentals received for such leasing out of alloys could not be treated as royalty-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12]

Dow Jones & Company Inc. v. ACIT (2022) 193 ITD 564 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Right to use of copy right in a program-Information products and services-Not royalty-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12]

DCIT v. Petrofac Engineering Services (P.) Ltd. (2022) 193 ITD 532 (Chennai)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Consideration for resale / use of computer software-Payment is not payment of royalty-Not taxable in India-Not liable to deduct tax at source-DTAA-India-USA. [S. 195, 201(1), 201(IA), Art. 12]

Intelsat Corporation v. ACIT (2022) 193 ITD 259 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty Business of transmitting telecommunication signals to/from its customers-Income earned was not in nature of royalties-Not liable to tax in India-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12(3)]

ESPN Star Sports Mauritius SNC et Compagnie v. DCIT (2022) 193 ITD 275 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Support service-Outsourcing of work to India would not give rise to a fixed place PE-DTAA-India-Mauritius. [Art. 5]

DCIT v. Arc Line (2022) 193 ITD 263 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Shipping business-Indian company an agent of independent status-Cannot be assessed as Agency PE of the assessee-DTAA-India-Mauritius. [Art. 5(5)]

Greatship (India) Ltd v . ACIT ( 2022) 289 Taxman 334 ( Bom)(HC). www.itatonline .org

S. 245 : Refund- Set off of refunds against tax remaining payable -Adjustment made without prior intimation is held to be bad in law .[ Art , 226 ]

PCIT v. Kumar Builders Consortium ( 2022) 447 ITR 44 / (2023) 290 Taxman 277 ( Bom)( HC). www.itatonline.org .

S. 80IB(10) : Housing projects- Two flats excess of the prescribed limit of 1500 sq.ft – Pro rata deduction in respect of eligible flats not exceeding prescribed limit is eligible – Interpretation of taxing Statutes – When the language of a statute is unambiguous and admits of only one meaning, no question of construction of a statute then arises .[ S. 260A ]