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Fema / RBI - Introduction: Non-resident Indians are a section of people whose roots belong to India and who have migrated from India. The Indian Government is aware of the importance of Indian Diaspora in the form of NRIs/POIs which is spread all across the world and which despite being away from India is making significant contribution to the [&helli...
Read MoreFema / RBI - When a assessee is not meeting the following conditions then he is considered as NRI: 1. When assessee is in India for 182 days during previous financial year....
Read MoreFema / RBI - If you are a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and returning to India, you may have certain income tax worries. You may be curious to know that. The following lines may satisfy all your queries....
Read MoreFema / RBI - Determination of Residential Status of an Assessee under the Income Tax Act Residence in India – is determined by Section 6 of the Income Tax Act 1961 the Act Residence in India – is determined by Section 6 of the Income Tax Act 1961 the Act To determine the residential status of an individual, section 6(1) prescribes two tests....
Read MoreFema / RBI - To avoid paying tax on same income twice, one can use the provisions of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), a tax treaty India has signed with many countries....
Read MoreFema / RBI - Country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday revised interest rates for deposits by non-resident Indians (NRIs) across maturities and currencies. Under the revised rate structure, NRIs will get up to 26 basis points more for deposits in foreign currencies, while the rates for deposits in Indian rupee have gone down marginally, a...
Read MoreFema / RBI - The government is working on procedures to enable NRI,s to vote soon. Addressing the curtain raiser press conference of PBD-2011, here today, the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar said that the Parliament has passed the bill on Voting...
Read MoreFema / RBI - The new legislation, introduced in Parliament on Monday, says an individual shall be resident in India in any financial year if he is in the country for more than 59 days in that year and has been in India for more 365 days in the four preceding fina...
Read MoreTarun Kumar Sarkar Vs Dy. DIT (ITAT Kolkata) - Salary accrued to a non-resident seafarer for services rendered outside India on a foreign going ship (with Indian flag or foreign flag) shall not be included in the total income merely because the said salary has been credited in the NRE account maintained with an Indian bank by the seafarer....
Read MoreTulip Hotels Pvt. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Shri Somendra Khosla is a NRI, he is in the business of development of real estate and he is a man of substantial means, in my opinion, if he has decided to invest in the real estate in India, the genuineness cannot be doubted unless there is any evidence to the contrary. The Revenue has doubted the...
Read MoreClifford Chance Vs DCIT (Bombay High Court) - 34. For the purpose of taxation the authorities under the Act have proceeded on the basis that the fees received by the Appellant was for the entire Indian Project as such chargeable to tax. 35. Two basic questions which, thus, arise for our consideration are :...
Read MorePress Note No 2 (2009 Series) - (13/02/2009) - Provided that, in case of a combination of all or any of the entities mentioned in Sub-Clauses (i) and (ii) of clause 5.5.4.1 above, each of the parties shall have entered into a legally binding agreement to act as a single unit in managing the matters of the applicant company....
Read MorePress Note No. 3 (2009 Series) - (13/02/2009) - These guidelines will issue in modification of paragraph 2(e) of Press Note 4 of 2006 and will be effective from the date of issue of this Press Note. FDI policy announced vide Annex to Press Note 7(2008) dated 16th June 2008 stands amplified to the above extent....
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Tarun Kumar Sarkar Vs Dy. DIT (ITAT Kolkata) -
