Bharathi Krishnaprasad and S Vasudevan of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan explain the requirements for non-residents in India to claim tax treaty benefits after several notable developments
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Taxscan Team - On April 26, 2021 10:15 am
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad Bench held that the exemption can not be disallowed under India-Austria Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) only for want of Tax Residency Certificate (TRC).
The assessee, Ranjit Kumar Vuppu is a Non- resident individual, filed his return of income for the A.Y 2014-15 on 31.07.2014 admitting total income of Rs.10,04,580/-. During the assessment proceedings under section 143(2) of the Act pursuant to selection of his return of income for scrutiny under CASS, the assessee was required to furnish certain information and the said information was furnished by the assessee.