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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...
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Indian Government has issued a Circular No. 2 of 2021 dated 3rd March, 2021 (Circular 2021) for determination of residency of individuals for the current tax year (PY 2020-2021) for individuals who were forced to remain in India due to suspension of international flights in light of the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19). Circular 2021 comes […]
Section 6 of Income Tax Act, 1961 contains provision relating to Residence in India. The taxability of an assessee is dependent on the Residential status during any Previous Year. INDIVIDUAL Income tax Act classifies Individual into 3 categories for the purpose of taxation in any Previous Year which are as follows: Resident and Ordinarily Resident (“ROR”) Resident […]
Test of Residency for Individuals under Income Tax – A quick recap Basic Condition to be fulfilled: Under Section 6(1) of the Income-tax Act, an individual is said to be resident in India in any previous year if he: (a) is in India in the previous year for a period or periods amounting in all […]
Understanding the Residential Status of an Individual under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Learn how income tax is charged and when to pay it.
(a) The incidence of tax on any assessee depends upon his residential status under the Act. The residential status of an assessee must be ascertained with reference to each previous year. A person who is resident in one year may become non-resident in another year or vice versa.
Determination of the residential status under Income Tax Act plays a vital role in to determine whether a person comes under the tax net or not. Section 6 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 deals about the concept of resident for Income tax purposes. Finance Act 2020 dated 23.03.2020 amends Section 6 of the Income Tax Act. This article will throw light on the amendments to Section 6 vide Finance Act 2020 dated 23.03.2020.The said amendment will come into effect from 1st April, 2021.
Direct tax imposed on the Income of assesses, is very significant source of revenue to the government. Government needs money to run various welfare and developmental programmes and to maintain law and order in the nation. Therefore, any person whose taxable income for the previous year exceeds the exemption limit is liable to pay Income […]
Taxability of a person is largely dependent on residential status. The Indian Government had also brought out major changes in provisions related to determination of residential status in last year. Section 6 of Income Tax Act Contains the provisions related to determination of residential status.
As per section 6(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, a person is considered as a resident in India for a particular financial year if his/her stay in India in that financial year is 182 days or more, or if his/her stay in that financial year is 60 days or more and 365 days or more in immediately preceding four financial years.
The whole Covid-19 pandemic situation has made government to release a lot of relaxations and clarifications. One major concern that was brought forward for the clarification was the question of double taxation. Due to the pandemic, lot of flights were suspended making the temporary stay of the non-residents in India to extend for the further […]
