Income accrued in India - Royalty receipts - as the ...

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December 16, 2023

Income accrued in India - Royalty receipts - as the appellant/assessee is only acting as a Registrar and thus offering its services to its customers for having their domain names registered.The aforementioned principle may have been attracted if the appellant/assessee had granted rights in or transferred the right to use its domain name, i.e., Godaddy.com, to a third person. Therefore, the fee received by the appellant/assessee for registration of domain names of third parties, i.e., its customers, cannot be treated as royalty. - HC

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