Amount paid for supply of software which is not embedded in equipment is taxable as royalty

Reliance Infocom Ltd. (now known as Reliance Communications Ltd.) & others. vs. DDIT(IT). ITA No. 730/Mum/09, Date of Decision 06/09/2013, ITAT-Mumbai

Facts : Briefly stated, Reliance Infocomm Ltd., now known as Reliance Communications Ltd. wanted to establish wireless telecommunications network in India. As a part of that it has entered into a Wireless Network General Terms and Conditions contract and Wireless Software contract dated 3 1.07.2002 with Lucent Technologies Hindustan Pvt. Ltd. (LTHPL), an In

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