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Taxation - Income Tax

Definition | Taxable Heads of Income | Types of Assessment | Tax Benefits - Deductions, Rebates & Donations | Filing of Income Tax Return (Sec. 139) | Tax upon Capital Gains | Save Tax Through Investments | Income Tax Rates/ Slabs | Who, When & How to Pay IT | Clubbing Provisions | Tax Planning | Appendix

Income Tax - Definition of Income Tax

Definition of Income Tax | Knowhow of Income Tax | Modern History of Income Tax



QUICK LOOK
  • Taxes in India are of two types, Direct Tax and Indirect Tax.

  • Direct Tax, like income tax, wealth tax, etc. are those whose burden falls directly on the taxpayer.

  • The burden of indirect taxes, like service tax, VAT, etc. can be passed on to a third party.
Income Tax is all income other than agricultural income levied and collected by the central government and shared with the states.

According to Income Tax Act 1961, every person, who is an assessee and whose total income exceeds the maximum exemption limit, shall be chargeable to the income tax at the rate or rates prescribed in the finance act. Such income tax shall be paid on the total income of the previous year in the relevant assessment year.

The total income of an individual is determined on the basis of his residential status in India.

Residence Rules

An individual is treated as resident in a year if present in India
  1. for 182 days during the year or

  2. for 60 days during the year and 365 days during the preceding four years. Individuals fulfilling neither of these conditions are nonresidents. (The rules are slightly more liberal for Indian citizens residing abroad or leaving India for employment abroad.)
A resident who was not present in India for 730 days during the preceding seven years or who was nonresident in nine out of ten preceding yeas I treated as not ordinarily resident. In effect, a newcomer to India remains not ordinarily resident.

For tax purposes, an individual may be resident, nonresident or not ordinarily resident.

Non-Residents and Non-Resident Indians

Residents are on worldwide income. Nonresidents are taxed only on income that is received in India or arises or is deemed to arise in India. A person not ordinarily resident is taxed like a nonresident but is also liable to tax on income accruing abroad if it is from a business controlled in or a profession set up in India.

Capital gains on transfer of assets acquired in foreign exchange is not taxable in certain cases.

Non-resident Indians are not required to file a tax return if their income consists of only interest and dividends, provided taxes due on such income are deducted at source.

It is possible for non-resident Indians to avail of these special provisions even after becoming residents by following certain procedures laid down by the Income Tax act.

Taxability of individuals is summarised in the table below

Status Indian Income Foreign Income
Resident and ordinarily resident Taxable Taxable
Resident but not ordinary resident Taxable Not Taxable
Non-Resident Taxable Not Taxable


Definition | Taxable Heads of Income | Types of Assessment | Tax Benefits - Deductions, Rebates & Donations | Filing of Income Tax Return (Sec. 139) | Tax upon Capital Gains | Save Tax Through Investments | Income Tax Rates/ Slabs | Who, When & How to Pay IT | Clubbing Provisions | Tax Planning | Appendix



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