The Great Indian Adventure

Orissami · Aug 14th, 2009, 05:01

I have recently taken up an offer to work in India.
I am a South African citizen with a Indian heritage.
I am keen to know my residential status for purposes of tax calculation. Any one with a great reference of a very good tax professional?

theyyamdancer · Aug 14th, 2009, 21:44

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delhiwala · Aug 15th, 2009, 02:11

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Originally Posted by Orissami

I have recently taken up an offer to work in India.

Welcome to India and IM.

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I am a South African citizen with a Indian heritage.

That's immaterial for your tax assessment !

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I am keen to know my residential status for purposes of tax calculation.

Indian Financial year is April - March. So to tell you your status, please tell us for how many days you will be on Indian soil from April'09 to March'10 ?

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Any one with a great reference of a very good tax professional?

Do you have only salary income ? or some income from other sources like Stock Market / Real Estate too ?

If it's simply salary, Govt. of India has trained many Tax Return Preparerers (www.trpscheme.com) If you absolutely need a Very Good Tax Professional, lookout for a Chartered Accountant in your neighbourhood ! If you can't find any, do let IMers know ! We'll post links here.

curtdfw · Aug 15th, 2009, 02:38

Your employer should be a good resource. When I worked for a US company in India, I had to file taxes in both countries which, fortunately, my employer handled. In the case of the US and India, a tax treaty exists that eliminates double taxation. You should clarify if something like that exists between SA and India to avoid any surprises at tax time.

The number of days you're in India matters. I think you incur a tax obligation if you're working there 183 days or more of a given tax year, but there may be more to it than that.

There's a little info here but, as it's not a Gov't. of India site, I can't vouch for accuracy.

http://www.asiatradehub.com/india/tr18.asp

10yearitch · Aug 15th, 2009, 06:33

Hi ... check out www.r2iclubforums.com
There is a lot of tax related info.

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curtdfw PIO Club Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 455	Your employer should be a good resource. When I worked for a US company in India, I had to file taxes in both countries which, fortunately, my employer handled. In the case of the US and India, a tax treaty exists that eliminates double taxation. You should clarify if something like that exists between SA and India to avoid any surprises at tax time. The number of days you're in India matters. I think you incur a tax obligation if you're working there 183 days or more of a given tax year, but there may be more to it than that. There's a little info here but, as it's not a Gov't. of India site, I can't vouch for accuracy. http://www.asiatradehub.com/india/tr18.asp

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