Income Tax Concepts

Residential status and Tax liability

The scope of total income is determined on the basis of residential status of the assessee. For the purposes of this Act, there can be three residential status. Residential status is determined on the basis Basic conditions and Additional conditions

  1. Resident and ordinarily resident
  2. Resident but not ordinarily resident
  3. Non resident.

RESIDENTIAL STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL

Resident and Ordinarily Resident [ROR]

                              An individual is said to be resident in India if he satisfies anyone of the basic conditions and both of the additional conditions.

Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident [RNR]

                              An individual is said to be resident but not ordinarily resident in India if he satisfies anyone of the basic conditions but does not satisfies both of the additional conditions.… Read the rest

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Introduction to Income Tax

The word tax was derived from the Latin word ‘taxore’ meaning to estimate, appreciate or value. Tax is a price which each citizen pays to the state to cover his share of the cost of the general public services which he will consume. It indirectly provides employment opportunities. Taxes are compulsory contributions imposed by the government on its citizens to meet its general expenses incurred for the common good, without any corresponding benefit to the tax payer.

In 1860, the British government firstly introduced tax in India. The present law of income tax is contained in the income tax Act,1961 as amended up to date; the income tax rules 1962 as amended up to date and finance Act passed by the parliament every year.… Read the rest

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