TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Taxation of shares of Indian companies allotted to non-residents in consideration for the purchase of machinery and plant delivered abroad
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.... 4/5/1984 Clauses (vi) and (vii) have been inserted in sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, by the Finance Act, 1976, with effect from June 1, 1976. As a result, income by way of royalties and fees for technical services is deemed to accrue or arise in India in the cases specified under these provisions. There are, however, two exceptions to the above general positi....
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....me of incorporation of an Indian company in consideration for the transfer abroad of technical know-how or services, or delivery abroad of machinery and plant, and the payment is not taxable under section 5(2)(b) of the Income-tax Act as income accruing or arising or deemed to accrue or arise in India, no attempt should be made by the Department to bring to tax the profits or gains on such transac....
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....received in India. 4. In view of the legal position, the concessions in paragraph 11 of the said circular are in the nature of extra legal concessions and the Board have decided to withdraw the same. Paragraph 11 of the Public Circulr No. 21 may, therefore, be treated as withdrawn with immediate effect. (Sd.) Bhuvanendra Nigam, Director, Central Board of Direct Taxes. * [1969] 73....
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....in India, the income will, to that extent, accrue or arise in India and will be chargeable to tax in India. If payments of royalty are made by way of a free issue of equity shares, the value thereof will of course be liable to tax. It is only those shares which are issued at the time of incorporation of the Indian company in lieu of a lump sum payment for the technical know-how delivered abroad th....