Payment made for supply of software is not ‘royalty’ since it is copyrighted software and not copyright in the software

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

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