Payments for supply of technical documents taxable as fees for technical services

Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (Representative Assessee of FSUE, Rosoboronexport) Vs. ITO (ITAT VISAKHAPATNAM) ITAT held that the payment received for supplying the ‘Repair Technical Documents’ are treated as ‘Fees for Technical Services’ (FTS) under the Income-tax Act,1961 (the Act). The Tribunal further observed that the technical materials supplied by the taxpayer would not lose the characteristics of ‘Service’, simply because they were supplied in the form of bound manuals, more particularly when it is tailor made for the specific requirements of a person. Download Full text of the Jud...