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2012 (4) TMI 209 - AT - Income TaxLump sum payment received on sale of software - assessee was giving services to various clients all over the world for development of Balance Score Card (BSC) project - A.O. treated it as royalty under Article 12 of Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between India and Singapore - assessee contented that the amounts received were business profits in view of Article 7 DTA - assessee argue that it did not have any permanent establishment in India and that supply of software and consultancy services were interdependent insofar as development of BSC was concerned - assessee never parted with possession or control over the rights in such software - Held that:- the software used by the assessee cannot be considered independent, but, only as a part of the service rendered by the assessee to its clients with regard to the development of BSC - by means of the Balance Score Card system developed by the assessee, the clients were getting an advantage which went much beyond the period of agreement between the assessee and its clients - assesse made available technical knowledge for meeting the long term targets of the clients and the benefits ran well into the future - the Balance Score Card prepared for each client and system of filling data in such BSC on a continual basis depended on the needs of each client - that the fees received for designing of the management tool called Balance Score Card will definitely fall within the definition of "fees for technical services" as given under sub-clause (iv) of Article 12 of DTA between India and Singapore - A.O. was justified in treating the amount received by the assessee from its clients as income taxable in India in accordance with DTA between India and Singapore - Appeal of assessee dismissed.
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