Royalty receipts or FTS - commission fee for payment “production ...

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules Subscription for E-Journals Not Royalty; No Copyright Rights Transferred to Subscribers.

July 15, 2023

Case Laws Income Tax HC

Royalty receipts or FTS - commission fee for payment “production and editorial charges”- the subscription amount cannot be treated as royalty, having regard to the fact that there is nothing on record to suggest that the respondent/assessee has granted the right in respect of copyright to the concerned subscribers of the e-journals. All that the respondent/assessee did was to sell the copyrighted publication to the concerned entities, without conferring any copyright in the said material. - ITAT rightly deleted the addition made - HC

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Royalty receipts or FTS - commission fee for payment “production ...

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules Subscription for E-Journals Not Royalty; No Copyright Rights Transferred to Subscribers.

July 15, 2023

Case Laws Income Tax HC

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