Rules 234 and 235 of the Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 prescribe specific compliance requirements relating to reporting obligations of non-residents and Indian concerns. Rule 234 requires a non-resident having a liaison office in India to furnish an annual statement under section 505 for every financial year in Form No. 162 within eight months from the end of the financial year. The statement must be filed electronically with a digital signature and verified either by a Chartered Accountant or by an authorised signatory appointed by the non-resident.
Rule 235 lays down the procedure for furnishing information and documents under section 506 of the Act by an Indian concern when there is a transfer of shares or interest in a foreign company or entity that results in direct or indirect transfer of management or control relating to the Indian concern. Such information must be submitted electronically in Form No. 163 to the jurisdictional Assessing Officer within ninety days from the end of the financial year in which the transfer occurred, or within ninety days from the transaction where it results in transfer of management or control. The rule also requires the Indian concern to maintain detailed documentation including group holding structures, transfer agreements, financial statements of the foreign entity for two preceding years, valuation reports, operational and audit information, and evidence relating to the valuation of Indian and global assets. Where multiple Indian concerns exist within a group, one designated entity may file the information on behalf of others. The documents must be preserved for eight years and produced when required by income-tax authorities during proceedings.
Extract of Rule No. 234 and 235 of Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026
Rule 234
Furnishing of Annual Statement by a non-resident having Liaison Office in India.
(1) The annual statement as provided under section 505 for every financial year, shall be furnished in Form No. 162 within eight months from the end of such financial year.
(2) The annual statement referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be furnished in electronic form along with digital signature, duly verified by the Chartered Accountant or the person authorised in this behalf by the non-resident person, who shall be known as the Authorised Signatory.
Rule 235
Information or documents to be furnished under section 506 of the Act.
(1) Every Indian concern referred to in section 506 shall, for the purposes of the said section, maintain and furnish the information and documents in accordance with this rule.
(2) The information shall be furnished in Form No. 163 electronically under digital signature to the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction over the Indian concern within a period of ninety days from the end of the financial year in which any transfer of the share of, or interest in, foreign company or entity referred to in section 9(10)(a) has taken place and where the transaction in respect of the share or the interest has the effect of directly or indirectly transferring the rights of management or control in relation to the Indian concern, the information shall be furnished in the said form within ninety days of the transaction.
(3) The Indian concern shall maintain the following along with its English translation, as required, and produce the same when called upon to do so by any income-tax authority in the course of any proceeding to substantiate the information furnished under sub-rule (2), namely:-
(i) details of the immediate holding company or entity, intermediate holding company or companies or entity or entities and ultimate holding company or entity of the Indian concern;
(ii) details of other entities in India of the group of which the Indian concern is a constituent;
(iii) the holding structure of the shares of, or the interest in, the foreign company or entity before and after the transfer;
(iv) any transfer contract or agreement entered into in respect of the share of, or interest in, any foreign company or entity that holds any asset in India through, or in, the Indian concern;
(v) financial and accounting statements of the foreign company or entity which directly or indirectly holds the assets in India through, or in, the Indian concern for two years prior to the date of transfer of the share or interest;
(vi) information relating to the decision or implementation process of the overall arrangement of the transfer;
(vii) information in respect of the foreign company or entity and its subsidiaries, relating to, —
(a) the business operation;
(b) personnel;
(c) finance and properties;
(d) internal and external audit or the valuation report, if any, forming basis of the consideration in respect of share, or the interest;
(viii) the asset valuation report and other supporting evidence to determine the place of location of the share or interest being transferred;
(ix) the details of payment of tax outside India, which relates to the transfer of the share or interest;
(x) the valuation report in respect of Indian asset and total assets duly certified by a merchant banker or accountant with supporting evidence;
(xi) documents which are issued in connection with the transactions under the accounting practice followed.
(4) Where there is more than one Indian concern that are constituent entities of a group, the information may be furnished by any one Indian concern, if, —
(i) the group has designated such Indian concern to furnish information on behalf of all other Indian concerns that are constituent of the group, and
(ii) the information regarding the designated Indian concern has been conveyed in writing on behalf of the group to the Assessing Officer:
(5) Nothing contained in this sub-rule shall have effect if the designated Indian concern fails to furnish the information in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
(6) The Director General Income-tax (Systems) shall send one copy of the Form No. 163 to the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction over the transferor mentioned therein whose income is chargeable to tax as per section 9(10).
(7) The information and documents specified in sub-rule (3) shall be kept and maintained for a period of eight years from the end of relevant tax year.
(8) For the purposes of this rule, —
(i) “constituent entity” shall have the meaning as assigned to it in section 511(10)(d);
(ii) “group” shall have the meaning as assigned to it in section 511(10)(e);
(iii) “intermediate holding company or entity” means a company or an entity that has controlling interest in another company or entity and is itself controlled by, or is subsidiary of, another company or entity;
(iv) “immediate holding company or entity” means the company or the entity that directly maintains the controlling interest in the Indian concern;
(v) “ultimate holding company or entity” means a company or an entity that has ultimate control of the Indian concern directly or indirectly and such company or entity is not itself controlled by, or is subsidiary of, any other company or entity.
