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2018 (6) TMI 617 - AAR - Income TaxPE in India - non-compete fee receipt - consideration for transfer of the shares - income accrued in India - India-UK DTAA - Capital Gains or business income - different business than that of the payer of non-compete fee or the transferor of shares - Held that:- Revenue’s interpretation of section 28(va) to hold that recipient of non-compete should already have been carrying on the business which he has agreed not to carry on further is erroneous and contrary to the provisions of the Act. In order to attract section 28(va)(a), there is no condition of receiving a non-compete fee for agreeing not to carry on a business which the assessee was already carrying on. Hence, we do not agree with the Revenue that the fee received by the Applicant cannot be taxable under section 28(va) because the Applicant and MPS were carrying on different businesses. As non-compete fees received by the Applicant from ADI BPO Services Private Ltd., an Indian Company, as a part of the consideration for transfer of the shares held in MPS Ltd. an Indian Company, though income from “Profits and gains of business or profession” as provided under Section 28(va) of the Act, shall not be chargeable to tax in India in the absence of any Permanent Establishment of the Applicant in India, by virtue of Article 7 of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (‘DTAA’) between India and United Kingdom.
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