SC dismisses I-T Dept's plea against Salesforce in royalty case
Supreme Court has dismissed the Income Tax Department’s petition seeking to tax Salesforce's India revenue as royalty. The ruling ends the dispute covering AY2011-12 to AY2017-18. Tax authorities had argued that the subscription fees paid by Indian firms for Salesforce's CRM services qualified as royalty under Indian tax laws, but Salesforce had maintained that the fees were business profits.