UNIVERSAL TRACTOR HOLDING LLC,USA vs. DCIT,INTERNATIONAL TAXATION CIRCLE 3(1)(1), NEW DELHI

ITA 2216/DEL/2022Status: DisposedITAT Delhi15 September 2026AY 2019-2012 pages
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What were the facts?

The assessee, a US-based company, received an arbitration award for damages and interest from an Indian company. The Delhi High Court enforced this award as a decree. The tax authorities sought to tax the interest component of the award.

What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal held that the interest awarded, once it becomes part of a court decree, assumes the character of a judgment debt and is not taxable in India under the Income Tax Act or the India-US DTAA.

What were the issues?

Whether interest awarded as part of a court decree is taxable in India, and if it loses its character as 'interest' for tax purposes.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 143(3),Section 144C(13),Section 2(28A),Section 195

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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, DELHI BENCH ‘D’, NEW DELHI

Before: SH. VIKAS AWASTHY & SH. NAVEEN CHANDRA

For Appellant: Shri Durgesh Shankar, Adv
For Respondent: Ms. Banita Devi Neorem, CIT-D.R
Hearing: 24.06.2026Pronounced: 15.09.2026

PER NAVEEN CHANDRA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER :

The above captioned appeal is preferred by the assessee against the assessment order dated 18.07.2022, passed by Income Tax Department, Circle International Taxation – 3(1)(1), Delhi (hereinafter referred to as ‘ld. AO), passed u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 144C(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter ‘the Act’) in pursuance of directions [A.Y 2019-20] Universal Tractor Holding LLC vs. DCIT of the ld. Dispute Resolution Panel-2, New Delhi (in short ‘ld. DRP') dated 26.05.2022 pertaining to Assessment Year 2019-20. 2. The assessee has raised following grounds of appeal : 1. “The Ld. DRP as well as Ld. ACIT International Tax Circle 3(1)(1) h

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