Subscription fee received for social media monitoring and market intelligence services taxable as Royalty

Assessee was a tax resident of Singapore. The applicant sought a ruling on taxability of subscription fee received from users in India to access the online information database maintained by it. AAR was of the view that the market intelligence services provided by the applicant on online portal was taxable as Royalty as per Clause (iv) of Explanation 2 to Section 9(1) (vi) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 The same was also taxable as Royalty as per Article 12(2) of India -Singapore Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS (INCOME TAX), NEW DELHI 7th Day of May, 2012 A.A.R....