Will NRIs in UAE have to pay tax in India? Here’s the answer

  • Date: 01-Feb-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:UAE
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Will NRIs in UAE have to pay tax in India? Here’s the answer

The India budget 2020-21 added to a lot of confusion over the issue.. The India budget 2020-21 added to a lot of confusion over non resident Indians being taxed in the UAE.. You will not be covered by the law proposed in today's budget.. It may be recalled that the Double Tax Treaty UAE-India was signed in 1993," said H. P. Ranina, lawyer, specializing in tax and exchange management laws of India.. The person who is resident of no country and is out of India for 183 days (Now more than 240 days from April 1, 2021) just to maintain the NRI status will be considered as Resident of India and the world income will be taxable.. "We've made changes in Income Tax Act where if an Indian citizen stays out of the country for more than 182 days, he becomes non-resident," said Revenue Secy of India, Ajay Bhushan Pandey. ". Naveen Sharma, Head Accounting, Audit & Advisory Services Focus Group, said: "A lot of Gulf based Indians go to their motherland India to start or expand their business and it is usual that they have to spend lot of time initially in their new business and now they will