NEW DELHI: The Earnings Tax division has issued new guidelines on computing tax-exempt revenue of offshore banking items arrange in a global monetary providers centre.
The Earnings Tax (First Modification) guidelines, 2022, issued on Friday lay down the system for computing the revenue of a fund arrange by the funding division of an offshore banking unit, which is eligible for tax exemption.
It contains revenue from switch of a capital asset on a recognised inventory change situated in any worldwide monetary providers centre (IFSC) and the place the consideration for such transaction is paid in convertible international change. It additionally contains revenue from switch of securities apart from shares in an Indian resident firm. Earnings from securities held by these funds that are issued by non-resident entities and any revenue from a securitisation belief which is chargeable beneath the pinnacle ‘earnings and positive aspects of enterprise or career’ are additionally exempt from tax.
The brand new guidelines will apply from 1 April 2022. Offshore banking items are entities arrange by home or international banks within the IFSC. The federal government has been granting concessions to items within the first IFSC in India arrange in Ahmedabad to develop the town as a world monetary hub like Singapore or London. The concept is to assist construct a strong monetary providers business in India and to seize among the marketplace for these providers India has misplaced to different centres on the planet.
The brand new guidelines have additionally set circumstances for availing tax reduction. Eligible funding divisions of offshore banking items must maintain separate accounts, get it audited and file an annual assertion.
Supply: Live Mint