Microsoft wins software distribution case but Indian authorities will not lie down
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Microsoft wins software distribution case but Indian authorities will not lie down

Joe Dalton
July 17, 2013
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The Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has found that revenue earned by one of Microsoft’s US branches on the sale of products to Indian distributors constitutes royalty, but that Microsoft is not liable to tax because it would see the same income taxed twice.

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