Chapter 2 Answers
Chapter 2 Answers
Chapter 2 Answers
Illustration 1
X is a citizen of Bangladesh. His grandmother was born in a village near Dhaka in 1940. He came
to India for the first time since 1981 on 2/10/2020 for a visit of 190 days.
Find out the residential status of X for the assessment year 2023-24 on the assumption that
wife of X is a resident but “not ordinarily resident in India” for the same year.
Solution
His stay in India during previous year 2022-23 is 181 days. He is a person of Indian origin
because his grandmother was born in undivided India. He will be considered resident only when
he had been in India for 182 days or more.
He is therefore non-resident.
Illustration 2
‘M’ an Indian citizen left India for the first time on 24/09/2019 for employment in USA. During
the previous year 2022-23 he comes to India on 5/6/2020 for 165 days. Determine the
residential status of ‘M’ for the assessments year 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Solution
(a) During the previous year 2022-23, his stay in India is of 177 days (i. e 30+31+30+31+31+24).
He is a citizen of India and has left India during the previous year 2022-23 for employment
abroad. In his case, neither first nor second condition (where 60 days are substituted by 182
days) is satisfied and therefore, he is not-residents in India.
(b) During the previous year 2022-23, his stay in India is of 165 days. Since he is a citizen of
India and makes a visit to India, neither first nor second condition (as it will be 182 days
instead of 60 days) is satisfied and therefore, he is non-resident in India.
Illustration 3
Mrs Kohli, a citizen of India is an export manager of Arjun Overseas Limited, an Indian company,
since 1.5.2015. he has been regularly going to USA for export promotion. He spent the following
days in USA for the last five years:
Previous year ended No. of days spent in USA
31.3.17 317 days
31.3.18 150 days
31.3.19 271 days
31.3.20 311 days
31.3.21 294 days
Determine his residential status for assessment year 2023-24 assuming that prior to 1.5.2016.
he had never travelled abroad.
Solution
Total stay in India
2016-17 48 days
2017-18 216 days
2018-19 94 days
2019-20 54 days
2020-21 71 days
During previous year 2022-23 his stay in India is 71 days and in the four preceding years
48+216+94+54=412 days.
Resident in India (condition of 182 days for citizen not applicable as he has not gone for
employment abroad but has been going out of India during the course of employment)
2019-20 - 54 days (Non-resident)
2018-19 - 94 days but more than 365 days in the 4 preceding previous year. Hence, resident
2017-18 - 216 days – resident
2016-17 - 48 days non-resident
Prior to 2016 - 17 – resident
He satisfied the first condition of being resident in at least 2 out of 10 previous year prior to
relevant previous year and the 2nd condition of being in India for 730 days or more in the 7
preceding previous year. He is “resident and ordinarily resident in India”.
Illustration 4
R Ltd and S Ltd companies are registered in Nepal and India respectively. All meetings of board
of directors of R ltd were held in India. Whereas all board meetings of S ltd were held in Nepal
during the previous year 2022-23. Determine the residential status of both the companies for
the assessment year 2023-24.
Solution
Both are resident.
Illustration 5
Determine the residential status in the following cases for the assessment year 2023 - 24:
• The control and management of a HUF is situated in India. The manager of the HUF. Visited
England with his wife from 14.8.20 to 30.6.2021. earlier to that he was always in India.
• A company, whose registered office is in America, has a place of its effective management in
the previous year in India.
• In a partnership firm, there are three partners namely A, B and C. A and B reside in India.
While C lives in Germany. The firm is fully controlled by C. during the previous year, Mr. C
stayed for 6 months in India.
• A VIP club is in India, whose director Mr X belongs to China. The club is controlled fully by
Mr. X. in the previous year Mr. X did not come for a single day to India.
Solution
Residential status for the assessment year 2023-24.
• HUF is a resident in India, as it is partly controlled from India. Further, the karta of the
HUF satisfies both the condition of the category B. he was resident in at least 2 out of 10
previous year prior to relevant previous year and was in India for 730 days or more in the 7
preceding previous year. Hence, the Karta is “resident and ordinarily resident in India.
• Company is resident in India as its place of effective management in the previous year is in
India.
• A partnership firm is a said to be resident in India if controlled and management of its
affairs is partly situated in India.
• VIP club is non-resident – no part of the control and management was in India.
Illustration 6
During the previous year 2022-23, X a foreign citizen, stayed in India for just 69 days.
Determine the his residential status for the assessments year 2023-24 on the basis of the
following information:
• During 2019-20, he was not present in India but during 2018-19 he came to India for 276
days.
• During 2017-18, X was present in India for 90 days.
• During 2014-15 and 2012-13, X was in India for 359 and 348 days respectively.
• Earlier to 2013-14 he had been regularly coming to India for 100 days every year.
Solution
To determine whether he is resident or not-
• He is resident for previous year 2022-23 as he satisfied the second condition because he was
here for more than than 60 days in the relevant previous year and more than 365 days in the
four preceding previous year.
• To determine whether he is “resident and ordinarily resident in India” he has to satisfy both
the condition of category B.
Illustration 7
A earns the following income during the financial year 2022-23:
Particulars Amount (₹)
A Interest paid by an Indian company but received in London 2,00,000
B Pension from former employer in India, received in USA 8,000
C Profile earned from business in Paris which is controlled in India, half of 40,000
the profits beings received in India.
D Income from agriculture in Bhutan and remitted to India 10,000
E Income from property in England and received there 8,000
F Past foreign untaxed income brought to India 20,000
Determine the total income of A for the assessment year 2023-24 if he is (i) resident and
ordinarily resident, (ii) not ordinarily resident, and (iii) non-resident in India.
Solution
Resident and ordinarily resident Not ordinarily Non resident
(₹) (₹) (₹)
A 2,00,000 2,00,000 2,00,000
B 8,000 8,000 8,000
C 40,000 40,000 20,000
D 10,000 - -
E 8,000 Nil Nil
F Nil Nil Nil
2,66,000 2,48,000 2,28,000
Illustration 8
Following are the incomes of R, a citizen of India, for the previous year 2022-23:
1 Interest on savings bank deposit in corporation bank, Delhi 12,000
2 Income from agriculture in Africa invested in Russia 5,000
3 Dividends received in USA from an English company, out of which ₹2,000 12,000
were remitted to India
4 Salary drawn for two months for working in India Embassy’s office in 48,000
Australia and salary received there
5 Income from house property. (the building is situated in Iraq, out of 25,000
which ₹20,000 deposited in banks in Iraq and the balance remitted to
India)
6 Pension received in Belgium for services rendered in India with a limited 10,000
company
You are required to compute his gross total income for the assessment year 2023 - 24 if he is
(a) a resident and ordinarily resident, (b) not ordinarily resident, and (c) a non-resident.
Solution
Computation of Gross Total Income of R
Illustration 9
Compute taxable income of G a non-resident for the previous year 2022-23:
Particulars Amount (₹)
1 Income from operations confined to the purchase of goods in India for 40,000
the purpose of export
2 Income from operations confirmed to shooting of a cinematography film 1,00,000
Solution
Computation of taxable income of G
(For the assessment year 2023-24)