M/S. Steer America Inc., United States vs. The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, International Taxation Circle -1(2), Bengaluru
In the result, both the appeals of the assessee are partly allowed
ITA 833/BANG/2024[2014-15]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore10 Jul 2024AY 2014-15
Bench: Shri Chandra Poojari & Shri Prakash Chand Yadav
For Appellant: Sri Vasanth Kumar, A.RFor Respondent: Ms. Anjala Sahu, D.R
Section 144CSection 147Section 148
…see Steer America Inc, does not render services resulting in provision 'Fee for Technical Services' (FTS) or Make available Technical Knowledge to Steer India. 9.16 Further, Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in the case of CIT Vs. Ad2Pro Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 455 ITR 648 (Karn) held as under: “The assessee has made payments to the US Company which does not have any permanent establishment in India. [Para 8] The revenue's case is payments made to the US Company for marketing services take the character of FTS and chargeable to tax in India. [Para 9] Thus, according to the revenue the royalties and fees for includ…