Residential status under income tax act 1961

Mr. Joey, an Italian designer, came on visit to India to explore
Indian handloom on 03.09.2021 and left on 15.12.2021. For
past four years, he visited India for fashion shows and stayed
in India for 100 days each year.

what is his residential status?
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This discussion clarifies the residential status of an Italian designer visiting India. Based on the Income Tax Act 1961, his stay of 103 days in the previous year and 400 days in the preceding four years makes him a resident. Furthermore, meeting the criteria for being a non-resident for nine out of ten preceding years and staying less than 729 days in the seven preceding years classifies him as a Resident Not Ordinarily Resident (RNOR).

Nonresident
NRI for FY-2021-22
But in ICAI study material he is resident but not ordinary
@ illustration no??
Sorry πŸ˜…
not in icai study material.. it's a mcq from ICAI portal mcq no. 17
As per sec 6(1) an individual to be resident must stay in india in previous year
a) 182days or more during previous year
(or)
b) atleast 60days in py and 365 days or more during 4 years immediately preceding previous year

he stayed in previous year for 103days and 400days for preceding previous year. he satisfied b) condition therefore he is resident

u/s6(6) a resident is said to be RNOR
a) if he is non resident for 9years out of 10 immediately preceding previous year. and
b) he should stay in india for a period of 729 days or less during 7 years immediately preceding previous year.

he is non resident for previous years before py 2021-2022 and also he said stayed only 400 days during 7 previous years preceding 2021-2022 py
therefore he satified 2conditions u/s 6(6) he is RNOR
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