Tax on salary in india and australia

Venugopal (Software Engineer) (29 Points)

26 July 2012  

Hi,

I am a Software engineer from India. I was in India till November 2011 as my company's India employee. Then I moved to Australia for my company from Dec 2011 till date as Australia employee. I do not receive salary (no payslips even) from Indian company as Indian employee from Dec 2011 since am an Australian employee. But I receive yearly bonus from Indian company and payslip for that as well. 

 

I pay tax in Australia for my Australian salary from Australian company and I am lodging tax returns in Australia as well. Currently my Australian salary is taxed apart from allowance called LAHFA. 

 

Should I pay tax again for my Australian salary in India for the period Dec 2011-March 2012 ? If so, should I pay for the net Salary or salary apart from the allowances ? 

 

I heard I should pay tax in India for Australian salary if I lived in India for more than 180 days in the financial year. But I also heard that I should pay the tax in India only if I receive salary or bonus or any pay from my Indian company.

 

I am really confused. Kindly help me.

 

Thanks,

Venugopal H