The assessee, a tax resident of Ireland, received consideration from its Indian subsidiary towards the sale of online advertisement space. The Revenue sought to tax the receipts as royalty/fees for technical services pursuant to reassessment proceedings. Following its earlier decision in the assessee’s own case, the Tribunal held that in the absence of a Permanent Establishment in India, the receipts from sale of online advertisement space were not taxable in India under the Act or the India-Ireland DTAA. Consequently, the payments could not be characterised as royalty or fees for technical services, and the additions were deleted. (AY. 2013-14 to 2016-17)
Google Ireland Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2025) 130 ITR 149 (Bang.)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vi): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Non-resident-Receipts from sale of online advertisement space not taxable as royalty or fees for technical services in absence of Permanent Establishment in India-DTAA-India-Ireland [S. 9(1)(1), 9(1)(vii) 195, Art.7(1)]
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