Where software is purchased a licence entitling the purchaser to
use the software and giving him a limited right to copy it to
facilitate its use often accompanies it. In these circumstances we
do not usually argue that any part of the payment for the software
is a payment to which S536 applies. It is only where,
exceptionally, the purchaser has acquired a right of reproduction
in order to make several copies as a way of exploiting the software
that S536 applies.
You should ask for a report on form 4450/2FD from the tax
office that is responsible for the Corporation Tax affairs of the
UK company. This form contains a question about whether tax is
deductible from the royalties. If the Inspector confirms that tax
is deductible then, subject to normal examination of the treaty
application, double taxation relief may be allowed.
