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Income Tax Exemption to foreign funds investing in Indian infrastructure entities

Income Tax : The issue concerns tax relief for foreign investors in infrastructure. The key takeaway is that specified funds can claim exemptio...

April 5, 2026 846 Views 0 comment Print

Residential Status Under Income-tax Act 2025

Income Tax : Residential status under the Income-tax Act determines taxability based on stay, control, or management. The key takeaway is that ...

March 27, 2026 1917 Views 0 comment Print

War & 182-Day Rule: How Seafarers Can Save Tax on NRE Salary

Income Tax : Even if seafarers fail the 182-day NRI test due to crises or travel delays, foreign salary may still remain tax-free. RNOR status ...

March 13, 2026 3492 Views 0 comment Print

Residential Status under Income-tax Act, 2025 – An Overview of Section 6

Income Tax : Residential status under Section 6 determines whether a taxpayer is liable for global income or only Indian-source income. The rul...

March 6, 2026 8589 Views 0 comment Print

Residential Status and Scope of Total Income under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Residential status under the Income Tax Act, 1961 defines who is taxed and on what income. The article explains how residence, not...

February 24, 2026 1425 Views 0 comment Print


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Scope of income and Residence in India | Section 5 & 6

Income Tax : Section 5- Scope of income – Income Tax Act, 1961 5. [1] the total income of any previous year of a person who is a resident...

September 20, 2020 21621 Views 0 comment Print

Suggestion /representation on 7 Important Direct Tax Issues

Income Tax : Following is the summary of Suggestion /representation on behalf of the taxpayers/professionals in connection with the Direct tax ...

September 7, 2020 12207 Views 1 comment Print


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Residential Status Dispute: Assessee’s Victory in ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT rules in favor of assessee in residential status dispute. Case details of ACIT vs. Nishant Kanodia for AY 2013-14. Com...

January 11, 2024 3390 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Residency Certificate is only evidence required to be eligible for benefit under DTAA

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Tax Residency Certificate (TRC) is statutorily the only evidence required to be eligible for the benefit unde...

June 21, 2023 2511 Views 0 comment Print

Passport needs to be considered to determine Residential Status of Assessee

Income Tax : Narayanan Subramaniam Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Controversy involved is primarily with regard to question if the assessee had non­-res...

April 15, 2023 3354 Views 0 comment Print

Citizenship cannot be decided based on Definition of ‘Resident’ under Income Tax Act

Income Tax : Explore the residency dispute in Smt. Kamla vs Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Detailed analysis of the court view on residency criteria...

June 24, 2022 1083 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT clarifies on Residential status & Issues new NR Form

Income Tax : OECD as well as most of the countries have clarified that in view of the provisions of the domestic income tax law read with the D...

March 3, 2021 34158 Views 10 comments Print


Residential status under Income Tax for AY 2020-21

May 13, 2020 20646 Views 0 comment Print

What is chargeable to tax is only Income. Naturally whatever qualifies as income under section 2(24) , shall be taxed as per the applicable tax rates under the income tax act. A key tangent to decide whether the income earned is taxable in India, is the residential status of the person who is receiving the […]

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Relaxation on Residential Status under Income Tax Act, 1961

May 12, 2020 3270 Views 0 comment Print

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, […]

Lockdown period not to be counted in residential status determination

May 11, 2020 1671 Views 1 comment Print

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 […]

Recent changes in residential status as per Income Tax Act – All you wanted to know in a nutshell

April 17, 2020 15321 Views 3 comments Print

There is a change in the provisions for determining residential status, as per the amendment in Income tax act. The general rule will remain as same i.e. any person who is in India for more than 182 days will be treated as resident in India. OR, if he was in India for 60 days or more […]

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