NRIs’ residential status comes under I-T lens
NRIs’ residential status comes under I-T lens An NRI is spared tax on income outside India. A resident is required to pay tax on global earnings. A resident can attain NRI status by staying overseas for more than 182 days . The law also states that a person is a ‘resident’ if he has been in India for more than 60 days in the year in question and 365 days during the four years prior to that year. Due to severe tax implications, many Indians carefully divide their time between India and abroad. While an NRI is spared tax on income from outside India, a resident is required to pay tax on global earnings. Under the circumstances, persons who claimed NRI status (without fulfilling the norms on the period of stay) are being pulled up for alleged tax evasion and may be in for long litigation . Read full news at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70136162.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst