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S. 9(1)(vi):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Royalty – Domain name is an intangible asset which is similar to trademark. Consequently, income from services rendered in connection with such domain name registration is assessable as “royalty”-DTAA- India -USA [ S. 115A, Art .12 ]

Godaddy.com LLC v. ACIT ( 2018) 193 TTJ 137/170 ITD 217 /165 DTR 57(Delhi)(Trib) , www.itatonline.org

S. 9(1)(v) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Interest -DTAA would apply only when recipient of interest was not having a permanent establishment in country where it had received interest- DTAA- India –France [ Art. 12 ]

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank v. DIT (IT) (2018) 168 ITD 553 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection -Technical and equipment and services for events –DTAA- India – Belgium- Portugal [ S.9(1)(vii), 90, 195,Art, 7, 12 ]

Production Resource Group, In Re v. (2018) 401 ITR 256 /301 CTR 62/ 163 DTR 266 (AAR)

S. 9(1)(i):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection – Title in equipment imported transferred outside India — Delivery of equipment outside India and consideration for supply of plant and equipment paid in Euros to Bank outside India – Not liable to deduct tax at source .[S.195 ]

Michelin Tamil Nadu Tyres P. Ltd., In Re. (2018) 401 ITR 164/301 CTR 397/ 163 DTR 385 (AAR)

S. 9(1)(i):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection – Shipping, Inland waterways transport – Matter remanded -DTAA- India – Singapore [ Art ,8,24 ]

BP Singapore Pte Ltd. v. ITO IT (2018) 168 ITD 325 (Rajkot) (Trib.)

S. 5 : Scope of total income – Non-resident — Employees of Indian company sent on assignments – Employees residents of those countries and liable to tax on their worldwide income in those countries for period of their assignment income did not accrue in India and not chargeable to tax in India — Indian Company is not liable to deduct tax on salaries paid in India — Once employees returned and became residents Indian Company can give credit for taxes deducted during deputation outside India – DTAA- India – Germany – USA [ S. 2(45) 4, 5(2) 9(1)(ii) 15, 90, 192 , Art.4(1) , 23,25 ]

Hewelett Packed India Software Operation P. Ltd.,in re (2018) 401 ITR 339/ 162 DTR 337/ 301 CTR 12 (AAR)

S. 5 : Scope of total income – Notional interest – Charging of notional interest for delayed remittance of collection made by its agent was held to be not justified [ S. 145 ]

Sahara India Ltd v ACIT ( 2018)168 ITD 1/ 164 DTR 49 / 192 TTJ 655 ( TM) (Luck) (Trib)

S. 5 : Scope of total income -Real income- Non-Banking financial company — Mercantile system of accounting —Interest on doubtful debts cannot be assessed as income [ S. 145 ]

CIT v. Pavitra Commercial Ltd. (2018) 402 ITR 66 (Delhi) (HC)

S. 5 : Scope of total income – Income – Accrual – Interest – Interest on Inter-Corporate Deposits ( ICDs) which had become non performing asset ( NPA) in terms of prudential norms by RBI , having not accrued not assessable on “accrual” basis, in the hands of non -banking financial company [ S. 145 ]

CIT v. Vasisth Chay Vyapar ( 2018) 253 Taxman 401 / 301 CTR 263/ 163 DTR 169/ (2019) 410 ITR 244 ( SC) Editorial : Order in CIT v. Vasisth Chay Vyapar (2011) 238 CTR 142 / 330 ITR 440 / 196 Taxman 169 / 49 DTR 300 (Delhi)(HC)

S.5: Scope of total income – Income chargeable to tax- Double taxation – Where the assessee has paid the income- tax at source in the State of Sikkim as per the law applicable at the relevant time in Sikkim, the same income was not taxable under the IT Act, 1961-.In a case of reasonable doubt, the construction most beneficial to the taxpayer is to be adopted [ S.4 ,80TT,256(1), Sikkim State Income Tax Rules, 1948, Art. 371F ]

Mahaveer Kumar Jain v. CIT (2018) 404 ITR 738/ 165 DTR 113/ 302 CTR 1/ 255 Taxman 161 (SC) , www.itatonline.org