High Court held that since the copyright in the application was never transferred nor vested in the subscriber, the fees were not assessable under section 9(1)(vi) of the Act and that since the customer was merely accorded access to the application and it was the subscriber which thereafter input the requisite data and took advantage of the analytical attributes of the software, this would clearly not fall within the ambit of article 12(4)(b) of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between Singapore and India, and that therefore, the amount was not assessable in India. SLP of revenue dismissed. (AY. 2011-12 to 2017-18)
CIT (IT) v. Sales Force.Com Singapore Pte. Ltd (2025) 476 ITR 8 (SC) Editorial : CIT (IT) v. Salesforce.com Singapore Pte. Ltd., (2024) 465 ITR 257 (Delhi)(HC)
S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Non-resident-Copy right-Subscription fees-SLP of revenue dismissed-DTAA-India-Singapore. [Art. 12(4)(b). Art. 136]]
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