‘Bona fide Indians abroad won't be affected by new NRI tax rule’
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Doha



  

A day after the Indian government proposed to tweak rules to prevent Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from evading tax in India, the Finance Ministry on Sunday clarified that bona fide workers abroad, including those in the Middle East, who do not pay taxes in those countries, will not be affected by the new provision, according to an IANS report from New Delhi.

In a separate statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), too, said the new provision is not intended to include in the tax net those Indian citizens who are bona fide workers in other countries.

A Finance Ministry official said the proposed provision in the general budget presented by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 is not intended to include in the tax net those Indian citizens who are bona fide workers in other countries, the IANS report noted.

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