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This Article summarizes recent decisions Bombay and Kerala High Courts on the issue of disallowance of expenditure incurred in relation to exempt income by way of dividend on shares.
Ruling allows the non-resident assessees to toggle between the DTAA and the Act. The logic of the decision is also in consonance with the provisions of the section 90(2) of the Act which allows the non-residents to be governed by the provisions of the DTAA or Act, whichever is beneficial to them.
Authority for Advanced Ruling (AAR) held that payment for procurement of support services vis-a-vis business, marketing, information technology and strategy from foreign affiliate company are not Fees for Technical Services (FTS) and royalty within the meaning of Article 12 of the India-Singapore tax treaty (tax treaty).
This decision could have far reaching impact on asset management companies. Apart from the withholding tax obligations, asset management companies could also be regarded as agents of non-resident investors. This implies that asset management companies could be proceeded against by the tax authorities for assessment and recovery of non-resident investors’ taxes.
ITAT held that the consideration paid by the taxpayer to foreign affiliates for purchase of Business Information Report (BIR) was not ‘royalty’ within the meaning of explanation 2(iv) to section 9(1 )(vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act). Further, no withholding of tax is required when payment is made to foreign affiliates for purchase of Business Information Report.
Mumbai bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal held that subscription income received by a foreign entity from Indian clients is not in the nature of Royalty in accordance with the India-Ireland tax treaty (tax treaty). Further, the Tribunal relying on various Supreme Court decisions observed that the orders of the higher appellate authorities should be followed by the subordinate authorities and non compliance of this rule will result into undue harassment to taxpayers and chaos in the administration of tax laws.
The ITAT ruled that waiver of unpaid interest, which was not allowed as deduction in the past, is not liable to tax under the specific provisions of Indian Tax Laws (ITL) which provide for taxation of remission of trading liability. The ITAT also ruled that waiver of term loans used for acquiring capital assets is not liable to tax under the specific provisions of the ITL which provide for taxation of benefit or perquisite arising from business. The ITAT further held that waiver of cash credit facility used for trading operations is liable to tax since the benefit bears revenue character and, therefore, in the nature of benefit or perquisite arising from business.
Payment of royalty and knowhow fee under an agreement can not be ignored by the Revenue while doing the Transfer Pricing analysis, the transfer pricing adjustment can be made only to the international transactions and not transactions at the enterprise level which include domestic transactions, and internal comparability is most efficient when it involves the transactions of the tested party itself.
On the issue of deductibility of certain business expenditure incurred by the Taxpayer, under the provisions of the Indian Tax Laws (ITL), The ITAT allowed the deduction of the expenditure which was found to be inextricably linked to and expended for the purpose of the Taxpayer’s business.
In this Ruling Authority for Advance Rulings decided on taxability of certain computer software payments. Having regard to the facts of the case, the AAR distinguished between transfer of ‘rights in copyrighted software’ and transfer of a ‘copyrighted software’ and observed that mere transfer of computer software de-hors any copyright associated with it, would not amount to royalty. Accordingly, the payments were held not to be in the nature of royalty nor fees for technical services (FTS) under the India-Netherlands tax treaty (Treaty). In view of the fact that the Applicant does not have a permanent establishment (PE) in India, it will not be taxable in India.
