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....s Ernst & Young URE for market study as royalty and the payments of Rs. 5,23,545/- made for purchase of software from M/s EMD International as royalty. Since the assessee has not deducted TDS on these payments, he has passed an order u/s 201(1) / 201(1A). Aggrieved, the assessee filed an appeal and the Ld.CIT(A) dismissed the appeal. Against the order of the Ld.CIT(A), the assessee filed this appeal. 3. The Ld AR submitted that the assessee sells its WEG to customers in India and also outside India. For the WEG sold outside India,it engaged the companies resident in the respective countries for providing the erection and commissioning services and subsequent repair services to the customers in those countries.During the assessmentyear it paid, Rs. 1,19,47,013/- to M/s Windforce Private Limited, Srilanka for erection and commission services rendered to its customers outside India and Rs. 3,34,414/- to M/s Wingtec Rotor Service, Germany for repair services rendered to its customers outside India. The Assessing officer held that the above services require technical skills and expertise and hence they are taxable under section 9(1)(vii) Further, the AO held that as per the provisions ....
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....chnology Cen.(P.) Ltd. V. CIT in [2010] 193 TAXMAN 234 (SC) and hence pleaded todirect the A O not to treat the assessee in default u/s 201/201(1A) of the Act and delete the taxes and the interest levied u/s 201(1A) on these payments. 4. Per contra, the Ld DR invited our attention to the order of the Ld.CIT(A) and supported it. The relevant portion is extracted as under : "The nature of work mentioned as per the work order in respect of WFPL mentions that "WFPL shall provide one no Liebherr LR 1350 serial no 074073 (350t capacity) crawler crane with 96 meter main boom and 12 meters fixed jib in a good working condition and load handling capacity as per the load chart of the crane at kalpitiya sites for erection and de-erection of WIGs belonging to REGEN." Windforce shall give or provide all necessary superintendence during the execution of the works. WindforcePvt. Ltd. shall provide and employ personnel on the site in connection with the execution of the works. Only such technical assistants as are skilled and experienced in their respective callings as area competent to give proper supervision to the work they are required to supervise such skilled, semi-skilled and unskill....
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.... consideration for any construction, assembly, mining or like project undertaken by the recipient or consideration which would be income of recipient chargeable under the head '"Salaries".] The appellant's contention that the project undertaken in Srilanka is mere construction and hence does not qualify as Fee for Technical Service. In the Work Order issued by Regen PowertechPvt. Ltd. to M/s Windforcepvt. ltd., the scope of the work is mentioned as '"WFPL to operate the crane under supervision and control of REGEN. The work assigned is mentioned as "Loading and Unloading of our WEC components at REGEN, WEC locations, De-Erection and Erection of foundation cans, steel towers, Nacelle, Generator, Rotor, Blades and other supporting components of WEC at REGEN sites. Dismantling, assembly, loading and unloading of crane and crane parts at REGEN site." In the conditions of contract, Clause 3.0 states that Windforce Pvt Ltd shall give or provide all necessary superintendence during the cution of the Works and as long thereafter as the Site Engineer may consider necessary for the proper fulfilling of the obligations under the contract. Windforce Put Ltd shall arrange a competent and au....
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....side India are also in the nature of Royalty as it involves the payment for the right to use industrial, commercial, or scientific equipment, as the present payment is towards hiring of cranes and hence in the nature of right to use Industrial, Therefore I upheld the action of the AO to treat the payment Rs.l,19,47,013/- paid to M/s Windforce Private. Limited, Srilanka for erection and commission services rendered to customers outside India as FTS or Royalty liable to 10% TDS and as appellant has failed to do so, hence appellant is in default in view of sec 201(1) of the Act and therefore the AO has rightly levied tax and interest u/s 20 1(1) & u/s 201(1A) of the Act. The ground of appeal is therefore dismissed. As regard the REPAIR SERVICE, the appellant has engaged M/s. Wingtec rotor service, Germany for carrying out repair on the rotor blades by deploying its service technicians and had incurred an amount of Rs. 3,34,414 towards the same and appellant has not deducted IDS on the said payment for the reason that the nature of remittance is towards repair charges, the repairs are most typical features like cracking and roughness on the surface of the blades, electric short circu....
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....vity i.e WTG supplied towards which the payment under consideration is made, is therefore in India. There is no business or profession carried out by Regen Power tech Pvt. Ltd. outside India in Srilanka. Hence, it is clear that the business of manufacturing turbines is undertaken in India.Hence, an order of installing turbine outside India, cannot be considered as a business or profession done by Regen outside India. The materials (turbine)involved in that business are not procured from outside India. Hence, the A O held that the assessee's contention that execution of works in Srilanka are not the business carried out entirely outside India. After examination of the agreements, Article 12 of India-Srilanka DTAA, Article 12 of India-Germany , the Ld CIT(A) has after distinguishing the case laws relied on by the assessee, inter alia, held , supra, that the services of technical personnel are used in the Installation of Wind turbines and hence the services rendered by Wind Force Pvt. Ltd. to Regen Power tech for its projects in Srilanka are in the nature of Fee for Technical Services and the payments made to M/s Windforce Private Limited, Srilanka for erection and commission services....
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....ht to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work including cinema to graph film or films or tapes used for radio or television broadcasting, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial or scientific equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience."Since as per the provisions of Indo-Denmark DTAA purchase of packaged software isoutside the definition or scope of Royalty or FTS, the provisions of DTAA, being morebeneficial prevails over the provisions of the Act as held in the decision of the Apex Court in the case of Union of India v. Azadi Bachao Andolan (2003) 263 ITR 705/132 Taxman 373. Further, he relied on the following cases,wherein it was held that the amendedprovisions of the domestic law cannot be read into the DTAA: 1. ADIT V. First Advantage (P.) Ltd [2017] 77 taxmann.com 195 (Mumbai - Trib.) 2. Dy. DIT (IT) v. Reliance Industries Ltd. [2016] 159 ITD 208/69 taxmann.com 311(Mum. - Trib.) 3.Capgemini Business Services (India) Ltd. v. Asstt. CIT 120161 158 ITD 1/68 taxmann.com 36 (Mum.- Tub.) 4. Financial Software & Sys....
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....est thereon u/s 201/201(1A) and levied accordingly. On appeal, the Ld.CIT(A) dismissed the appeal. 8.1 In this regard, the Ld AR submitted that the market survey was done in UAE for earning the income in relation to sale in UAE, which amounts to business connection outside India. Hence, as per the provisions of section 9(1)(vii)(b) of the Act, which is read as under: "9. (1) The following incomes shall be deemed to accrue or arise in India: (vii) income by way of fees for technical services payable by- ------- (b) a person who is a resident, except where the fees are payable in respect of servicesin a business or profession carried on by such person outside India or for theof making or earning any income from any source outside India; or..." Therefore, the remittances made to Ernst & Young UAE is not taxable in India. In this regard, the Ld AR relied on the decision of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. V. ITO in [2016] 74246 (Mumbai - Trib.) Since the said payments are not subject to tax in India, it is not liable to TDS as held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of GE India Technology Cen. (P.) Ltd. V. CIT in [2010] 193 TAXMAN 234 (SC)and hence prayed that the AO may be dir....
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....ome of the recipient chargeable under the head "Salaries". Explanation - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this section, income of a non-resident shall be deemed to accrue or arise in India under clause (v) or clause (vi) or clause(vii) of subsection. (1) and shall be included in the total income of the non-resident, whether or not,- The non-resident has a residence or place of business or business connection in India; or The non-resident has rendered services in India. Hence the market study being in the nature of Technical Services the remittances is treated as FTS income in the hands of E&Y and is liable to TDS. Without prejudice to the above, the said market study is in the nature of information concerning commercial experience and hence is Royalty under Indo UAE DTAA. To quote the same "the term "royalties" as used in Article means payment of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literately, artistic or scientific work, including cinematography films, or films tapes used for radio or tee vision broadcasting, any patent, trade mark, artistic or scientific work, including cin....