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Chapter 2 - Residential Status
Chapter 2 - Residential Status
Other Assessee Is a question of Fact, it is the duty of assessee to provide all relevant fact.
Company 6[3]
Explanation -“Income from foreign sources” means income which accrues or arises outside
India (except income derived from a business controlled in or a profession set up in India.
Important Notes :
1.The residential status of the assessee should be determined for each year separately.
2. The stay may be anywhere in India and for any length of time at each place in cases where the stay in
India is at more places than one, what is required is the total period of stay should not be less than the
number of days specified in each condition.
3. While determining residential status, the day of leaving and returning to India should be considered as a
stay in India.
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Resident Sec.6[2] Non-Resident
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If Control & Management
If Control & Management
Wholly or partly
Wholly Situated
situated in India
Outside India
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Whole HUF ROR Whole HUF RNOR
# Only Individual & HUF can be ROR/RNOR, other person can be
Resident/NR.
Additional Conditions :
a) Karta of resident HUF should be resident in atleast 2/10 PY immediately preceding relevant PY.
b) Stay of Karta during 7 PY immediately preceding relevant PY should be 730 days or more.
Resident Sec.6[4]
If Control & Management
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Non-Resident
If Control & Management
Wholly or partly situated in India Wholly Situated Outside India
Explanation - For the purposes of this clause "place of effective management" means a place where key
management and commercial decisions that are necessary for the conduct of business of an entity as a
whole are, in substance made.
Income Resident NR
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Salary earned from India > This salary is taxable in India.
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Appointed China Allowance
Exempt in
Sec no 10(7)
Indian Government Mr. Tiger Perquisite
(Resident) (Non-Resident)
Invested in
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Indian Government
Resident
Explanation: If a NR banking company receives interest from his permanent establishment in India (for eg:
subsidary), such interest shall deemed to accrue or arise in India and for the purpose of tax such PE in India
shall be deemed to be a separate person and provision of the Act shall apply accordingly.
Non-Resident
Indian Government
Resident
Explanation 5: For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that the royalty includes and has always
included consideration in respect of any
(a) Right, property or information, whether or not -the possession or control of such right, property or
information is with the Payer;
(b)Such right, property or information is used directly by the payer;
(c) The location of such right, property or information is in India.
Explanation 6 - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that the expression "process" includes and
shall be deemed to have always included transmission by satellite (including up-linking, amplification,
conversion for down-linking of any signal), cable, optic fibre or by any other similar technology, whether
or not such process is secret;
Non-Resident
Indian Government
Resident
(b) Has no such authority, but habitually maintains in India a stock of goods or merchandise from which he
regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the non-resident; or
Behalf of Domino’s
Non-Resident
(c) Habitually secures orders in India, mainly or wholly for the non-resident or for that non-resident and
other non-residents controlling, controlled by, or subject to the same common control, as that non-resident:
Gada Electronics
GADA Electronics Secure
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order on Behalf on MI
Non-Resident
Resident
MI has Business Connection In India.
# Provided that such business connection shall not include any business activity carried out through a
broker, general commission agent or any other agent having an independent status, if such broker, general
commission agent or any other agent having an independent status is acting in the ordinary course of his
business :
Burj Al Arab (Dubai)
MMT just act as Agent
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Non-Resident
Resident Burj Al Arab does not Have Business Connection in India
Non-Resident
Non-Resident
If Netflix user from India Exceed 3 lakh it will be deemed that Significant
Resident economic presence of Netflix is available In India
# The above transactions or activities shall constitute significant economic presence in India, whether or
not—
(a) The agreement for such transactions or activities is entered in India; or
(b) The non-resident has a residence or place of business in India; or
(c) The non-resident renders services in India:
Further that only so much of income as is attributable to the transactions or activities referred shall be
deemed to accrue or arise in India.
Circular 13/2017
Salary accrued to NR sea farer for service rendered outside India on a foreign going ship (with Indian
flag/not) shall be not included in Total Income nearly because the salary is credited in NRE a/c with
Indian Bank.
Hence, Mr. a is resident and ordinary resident in India for the AY 2023-24
P. 2 Dr. B, an indian Citizen and a Professor in IIM, lucknow, left india on September 15, 2022 for USA to
take up Professors job in MIT, USA. Determine his residential status for the AY 2023-24.
Solution :
Dr. B being a citizen of india and who has gone out of the country for employment, will be governed
by 182 days test only and therefore the second condition under section 6(1), i.e. 60 days during relevant
PY shall not be applicable. Dr. B stayed in india for 168 (viz. 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 15) days only
in the relevant previous year. Hence, Dr. B shall be a non-resident in india for the AY 2023-24 as
condition by stay of 182 days in relevant PY is not satisfied.
P. 3 Mr. Anil, an Indian citizen, leaves India on 22nd September, 2022 for the first time to work as an
Engineer in France. Determine his residential status for AY 2023-24
Solution :
During the PY 2022-23, Mr. Anil, an Indian citizen, was in India for 175 days (i.e. 30+31+30+31+31+
22). He does not satisfy the minimum criteria of 182 days. also since he is an Indian citizen leaving
India for the purpose of employment outside India, the second condition u/s 6(1) is not applicable to
him. Therefore Mr. Anil is non-resident for the AY 2023-24.
P. 2 Brett Lee, an Australian cricket player visits India for 100 days in every financial year. This has been
his practice for the past 10 financial years. Find out his residential status for the assessment year.
P. 3 Poulomi, a chartered accountant, is presently working in a firm in India. She has received an offer for
the post of Chief Financial Officer from a company at Singapore. As per the offer letter, she should join
the company at any time between 1st September, 2022 and 31st October, 2022. She approaches you for
your advice on the following issues to mitigate her tax liability in India:
(i) Date by which she should leave India to join the company;
(ii) Direct credit of part of her salary to her bank account in Kolkata maintained jointly with her mother
to meet requirement of her family
(iii) Period for which she should stay in India when she comes on leave.
P. 4 Mr. federer, NR residing in Sweden received rent from Mr. Nadal, NR in France in respect of property
taken in lease in Mumbai. As received outside India from NR, Federer claims that income not chargeable
to Tax in India.
P. 6 Mr. Alok, Indian citizen & a member of crew of Singapore bound Indian ship engaged in carriage of
passengers in international traffic departing from Mumbai port on 6th June’22 From following details for
P.Y. determine S of Mr. Alok for AY assuming that his stay in India in the last 4 PY is 400 days & last
seven previous years is 750 days:
Date entered into CDC 6th June 2022
Date entered into signing off the ship 9th Dec 2022. [N-16 RTP]
P. 7 Mr. L & Mr. G are brothers & they earned following during PY Mr. L settled in Bangkok in 2006 &
Mr. G in Pune. Compute the total income
Particulars For L For G
Income from Profession in Bangkok (Setup In India received there 15000 -
Profit from Business in Pune but managed from Bangkok 40000 -
P. 8 Gonikka provides you following, calculate total income if,she is ROR, RNOR, NR
Particulars ROR RNOR NR
Short term capital gain on sale of shares of Indian co received in
Germany Rs.15000
Dividend from Japanese company amount received in Japan 5000
Rent (Computed)from a property in London deposited in a bank in
London Rs.75000
Dividend from an India Company Rs. 6000
Agriculture income from Land in Gujarat Rs. 25000
Total Income
P. 9Miss Vivitha paid a sum of 5000 USD to Mr. Kulasekhara, a management consultant practicing in
Colombo, specializing in project financing. The payment was made in Colombo. Mr. Kulasekhara is a
Non-resident. The consultancy is related to a project in India with possible Ceylonese collaboration. Is
this payment chargeable to tax in India in the hands of Mr. Kulasekhara, since the services were used
in India? [SM]