Dispute Resolution Panel objections must reach both prescribed forums; otherwise assessment may proceed and statutory appeal remains the proper remedy...
Political contribution deductions require recipient party compliance with contribution-reporting conditions; banking-channel donations alone do not qu...
Aggregation under TNMM prevents selective testing of intra-group services without comparable uncontrolled transactions, while appellate additional cla...
Protective assessment cannot duplicate identical receipts under competing characterisations; remote services did not establish a taxable permanent est...
Accrual of income in India - Addition on account of royalty - receipt from Indian customer for subscription to database, sale of e-journals and membership fees - India-US tax treaty - The tribunal sided with the appellant, referencing its own precedents which established that the subscription fees received for access to databases and journals did not constitute royalty. It was clarified that customers did not acquire any copyright but merely access to the copyrighted material, which does not qualify as royalty under the DTAA or the Income-tax Act.
Accrual of income in India - Addition on account of royalty - receipt from Indian customer for subscription to database, sale of e-journals and membership fees - India-US tax treaty - The tribunal sided with the appellant, referencing its own precedents which established that the subscription fees received for access to databases and journals did not constitute royalty. It was clarified that customers did not acquire any copyright but merely access to the copyrighted material, which does not qualify as royalty under the DTAA or the Income-tax Act.
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