Tax incidence of non-compete fee is not retrospective, rules ITAT – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Non-compete fees received by a taxpayer will be a non-taxable capital receipts up to the financial year 2002-03. The amendment to treat non-compete fees as taxable revenue receipts came into effect only from April 1, 2003 – this was upheld by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench in its recent order.The amendment…
