CBDT clarifies taxability of non-resident investor's offshore income via AIF



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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued Circular 12/2023 to clarify how offshore income earned by non-resident investors through Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) is taxed. This new circular updates previous guidance from 2019, incorporating recent amendments to the definition of 'investment fund' within the Income-tax Act, 1961.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently issued Circular 12/2023, dated 12 July 2023, aiming to provide much-needed clarification on the taxability of income earned by non-resident investors from offshore investments made through an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF). This circular modifies the previous CBDT Circular 14/2019, taking into account changes made in the definition of investment fund under the Income-tax Act, 1961. Official copy of the circular has been mentioned be
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The circular aims to clarify the taxability of income earned by non-resident investors from offshore investments made through an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF).

Circular 12/2023 modifies the previous CBDT Circular 14/2019.

The circular has been updated to take into account changes made in the definition of 'investment fund' under the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Non-resident investors who earn income from offshore investments made through an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) are affected by this clarification.




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