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1 Who is Non-Resident?

2 Taxability of Non-residents in India

3 General and special rates of tax

GENERAL RATES

• i. Tax on dividends, royalty and technical service fees in the case of foreign companies.

• ii. Tax on income from units purchased in foreign currency or capital gains arising from their transfer.

• iii. Tax on income from bonds or Global Depository Receipts purchased in foreign currency or capital gains arising from their transfer.

• iv. Tax on income from Global depository receipts purchased in foreign currency or capital gains arising from their transfer.

• v. Tax on income of Foreign Institutional Investors from securities or capital gains arising from their transfer.

• vi. Tax on non-resident sportsmen or sports associations.

• vii. Tax on income from units of an open-ended equity oriented fund of the Unit Trust of India or of Mutual Funds.

4 Special Provisions for Non-Resident Indian

• i. Tax on investment income and long-term capital gains.

• ii. Capital gains on transfer of foreign exchange assets not to be charged in certain cases.

• iii. Special provision for computation of total income of non-residents.

• iv. Definitions.

• v. Return of income not to be filed in certain cases.

• vi. Benefit under Chapter to be available in certain cases even after the assessee becomes resident.

• vii. Chapter not to apply if the assessee so chooses.

5 Special provision for computing profits and gains of the business of operation of aircraft in the case of

non-residents.

6 Special provision for computing income by way of royalties, etc., in case of non- residents.

7 Special provision for computing profits and gains of shipping business in the case of non-residents.

8 Shipping business of non-residents.

9 Deduction of head office expenditure in the case of non-residents.

10 Computation of income from international transaction having regard to arm’s length price.

11 Transactions not regarded as transfer.

12 Incomes not included in total income

13 Avoidance of income-tax by transactions resulting in transfer of income to non- residents.

14 Avoidance of tax by certain transactions in securities.

15 Overriding effect of tax treaties

16 Relief from Double Taxation where no treaty exists.

17 Recovery of tax in respect of non-resident from his assets.

18 Provisions under Income-tax Act