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Payment made for supply of software is not ‘royalty’ since it is copyrighted software and not copyright in the software
Case Law Details
- Case Name
- The Dy. C.I.T Vs. M/s Abaqus Engineering Ltd. Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Chennai)
- Appeal Number
- Only available for paid members
- Date of Judgement/Order
- Only available for paid members
- Related Assessment Year
- 2002- 03
- Courts
- All ITAT, ITAT Chennai
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DCIT Vs ABAQUS Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Chennai)- Recently, the Chennai Bench of Income-tax Appellate Tribunal in the case of ABAQUS Engineering Pvt Ltd. held that the payment made for supply of software is not ‘royalty’ since it is ‘copyrighted software’ and not copyright in the software. The Chennai Tribunal relied on the Mumbai Tribunal’s decision of TII Telecom International Pvt Ltd and Delhi Tribunal Special Bench decision of Motorola Inc, where it has been held that the supply of software does not amount to any transfer of copyright but only transfer of copyrighted art...
