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Issues: (i) Whether consideration received for sale/licensing of software was taxable as royalty under Article 12(3) of the India-Israel Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement and section 9(1)(vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. (ii) Whether the assessee was entitled to fresh examination of the claim for tax credit.
Issue (i): Whether consideration received for sale/licensing of software was taxable as royalty under Article 12(3) of the India-Israel Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement and section 9(1)(vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: The software payments were examined in the light of the treaty definition of royalty and the statutory definition in section 9(1)(vi). The controlling principle applied was that payment for a copyrighted article, without transfer of any right in the copyright itself, does not amount to royalty. The binding precedent relied upon had already settled that off-the-shelf software payments of this nature fall outside royalty characterization where no copyright rights are transferred.
Conclusion: The issue was decided in favour of the assessee. The software receipts were not taxable as royalty under the treaty or under section 9(1)(vi).
Issue (ii): Whether the assessee was entitled to fresh examination of the claim for tax credit.
Analysis: The claim for tax credit was not finally determined on the existing record and required verification by the Assessing Officer in accordance with law.
Conclusion: The matter was remitted for fresh examination of the tax credit claim.
Final Conclusion: The assessee succeeded on the principal royalty issue, while the tax credit issue was sent back for reconsideration, resulting in a partial allowance of the appeal.
Ratio Decidendi: Consideration for software does not constitute royalty unless there is a transfer of rights in the copyright itself, and treaty provisions must be applied accordingly.
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