Fema / RBI : Discover top investment options and tax-saving schemes for NRIs returning to India, including FDs, NPS, equity, real estate, mutua...
Finance : NRIs visiting India should update KYC in banks, convert accounts to NRO, manage PAN and Aadhar, maintain an Indian mobile number, ...
Income Tax : Discover the need for PAN allotment to Non Resident Indians appointed as CEOs of Indian companies. Learn about the process and req...
Income Tax : Discover the challenges of income tax filing for NRIs from a CA's perspective. Learn about delays, frustrations, and suggestions f...
Income Tax : Understanding taxation for NRIs: Learn about residential status, taxable income, deductions, and the importance of Double Taxation...
Corporate Law : Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has now permitted Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to enroll in National ...
Income Tax : ICAI released an e-book on Taxation of Non-Residents based on the law as amended by the Finance Act, 2018. The book contains fol...
Finance : Country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday revised interest rates for deposits by non-resident Indians (NRIs) across m...
Finance : The government is working on procedures to enable NRI,s to vote soon. Addressing the curtain raiser press conference of PBD-2011, ...
Income Tax : The new legislation, introduced in Parliament on Monday, says an individual shall be resident in India in any financial year if he...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi rules Section 56(2)(vii) inapplicable to non-residents, deleting Rs. 9.31 Cr addition for APL Logistics Vascor Automoti...
Income Tax : In a case involving Anand Persad Jaiswal, ITAT Delhi ruled that interest income earned by a non-resident Indian (NRI) from a forei...
Income Tax : Explore the critical decision in Souvik Mukherjee Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) regarding taxation of a bonus received abroad, and how it im...
Income Tax : An in-depth analysis of the case Parag Bhikhubhai Patel vs ITO, exploring implications of using passports to confirm US tax reside...
Income Tax : Shri Duraisamy Shanmugasundaram Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) As per assessee’s submissions, the money deposited in NRE account was with...
Fema / RBI : NRIs/OCIs are governed by provisions of FEMA 1999 and do not require prior approval of RBI for acquisition and transfer of immovab...
Fema / RBI : 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 abov...
Fema / RBI : 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...
If any person who is Non-Resident wants to do bona fide transactions in India, then they have to open some special kind of accounts according to the procedure prescribed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Types of account which can be opened by a Non-Resident in India:- 1. Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account Scheme [NRE A/c] […]
Recently I was asked a question by someone that at what rate TDS is to be deducted at the time of purchasing a property in India from a non-resident. The answer to the question lies in the simple reading of the Income Tax Act’1961. Let us examine the relevant Sections of the Income Tax Act’1961. […]
RESIDENTIAL STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL Resident Indian Citizen or person of Indian Origin – Stay in India for 182 days or more during the relevant year OR – Stay in India for 120 days or more during the relevant year and 365 days or more during the preceding four years – Total Income other than […]
In this article, I have covered the need and relaxations provided by the Central Government on Residential Status in Circular no. 11 dated May 8, 2020. As per the provisions of section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ‘period of stay’ of an individual is used to determine the residential status of individual taxpayers. Ordinarily, […]
Recent clarification issued by CBDT – Lockdown time period will not be counted in the determination of residential status of NRIs for the FY 2019-20 Considering the impact of Covid 19 and amidst the situation of lockdown and suspension of international flights CBDT has recently issued Circular No 11 of 2020 dated 8 May 2020 […]
Lockdown Period Not to Be Counted For Determining Residency Status of NRIS, Foreign Nationals ; CBDT clarifies in respect of residency under section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (8th May, 2020) allowed discounting of prolonged stay period in the country for determining the residency status, to provide relief to […]
A person of Indian origin (PIO) is a person of Indian origin or ancestry who was or whose ancestors were born in India or nations with Indian ancestry but is not a citizen of India and is the citizen of another country. A PIO might have been a citizen of India and subsequently taken the citizenship of another country.
As per Finance Act, 2020, there is an amendment in Section 6 of the Income tax Act, 1961, for determining the residential status of an individual. An individual, who is citizen of India, is said to be Non Resident if he doesn’t satisfy any of the below conditions: He is in India for a period […]
In case , one earns income which suffers tax outside India, the Income Tax Act has clear provision of relief from such double taxation. The relevant provision are contained in section 90 and section 91 of the I T Act. Section 90 is applicable for the cases when the tax has been paid in a country with which India has signed comprehensive double taxation avoidance agreements. There are Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements with as many as 79 countries .Comprehensive agreements are signed with these countries and Limited agreements with these countries.
Each family in India has at least one family which is resident outside India. Previously, the number of transactions between a resident and non-resident were limited but with growing number of family members now settling outside India, there is a tremendous increase in inflow and outflow of money between the two. This has made the tax department savvier and it has been increasingly important for both, resident as well as non-resident, to stay updated with fundamental rules and regulations.
