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Issues: Whether the lower withholding tax certificate and the connected order under section 197 were liable to be set aside for failure to consider the real nature of the receipts under the distributor arrangement, the applicability of the Supreme Court ruling on software payments, and the parameters in Rule 28AA.
Analysis: The application for a nil withholding certificate required examination of whether the consideration under the distributor arrangement was chargeable to tax. The impugned order did not engage with the distributor agreement or the legal effect of the Supreme Court ruling relied upon by the petitioner, and instead proceeded on the basis that a review petition was pending. The pending review could not justify ignoring a binding judgment that remained in force. The order also did not reflect a meaningful application of Rule 28AA, as it merely made assumptions about royalty, fee for technical services, and possible dependent agent permanent establishment without analysing the contractual terms or the relevant material.
Conclusion: The certificate and the order were liable to be set aside, and the matter was required to be reconsidered afresh in accordance with law, with due regard to the distributor agreement, the Supreme Court ruling, and Rule 28AA.
Final Conclusion: The writ petition succeeded to the extent that the impugned withholding determination was quashed and the application was directed to be re-examined on merits.
Ratio Decidendi: A lower withholding tax determination must be made by applying the prescribed statutory parameters to the material on record and cannot disregard a binding precedent merely because a review petition is pending.
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