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2016 (1) TMI 812 - HC - Income TaxDisallowance u/s under Section 40(a)(i) and 40(a)(ia) - TDS on payment for Value Added Reseller (VAR) of software related to healthcare and hospitality. - as per revenue payments made by the Assessee were in the nature of royalty and, therefore, the Assessee was obliged to withhold tax on such payments - According to the Assessee, it had made those payments for the purchase of software and it was asserted that the Assessee is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of the software in question - ITAT deleted the disallowance - Held that:- The Tribunal held that there was no transfer of rights in respect of the copyright held by the Assessee in the software and it was a case of mere transfer of copyrighted article. This Court concurred with the Tribunal and held that what was transferred was not copyright or the right to use a copyright but a limited right to use the copyrighted material and that did not give rise to any royalty income. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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