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Tax on income from Global depository receipts purchased in foreign currency or capital gains arising from their transfer

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..... 7 [ dividends ] on Global Depository Receipts of an Indian company engaged in specified knowledge based industry or service, issued in accordance with such Employees' Stock Option Scheme as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf and purchased by him in foreign currency; or ( b ) income by way of long-term capital gains arising from the transfer of Global Depository Receipts referred to in clause ( a ), the income-tax payable shall be the aggregate of- ( i ) the amount of income-tax calculated on the income by way of 7 [ dividends ] in respect of Global Depository Receipts referred to in clause ( a ), if any, included in the total income, at the rate of ten per cent; .....

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..... total income as so reduced were the gross total income of the assessee. (3) Nothing contained in the first and second provisos to section 48 shall apply for the computation of long-term capital gains arising out of the transfer of long-term capital asset, being Global Depository Receipts referred to in clause ( b ) of sub-section (1). Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,- ( a ) Global Depository Receipts means any instrument in the form of a depository receipt or certificate (by whatever name called) created by the Overseas Depository Bank outside India 8 [ or in an International Financial Services Centre ] and 6 [issued to investors against the issue of,- (i) ordinary shares of issuing company, being a compan .....

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..... e Act, 2001, w.e.f. 1-4-2001. Prior to its substitution, sub-section (1) read as under : (1) Where the total income of an assessee, being an individual, who is a resident and an employee of an Indian company engaged in information technology software and information technology services (hereafter in this section referred to as the resident employee), includes- (a) income by way of dividends, other than dividends referred to in section 115-O, on Global Depository Receipts of an Indian company engaged in information technology software and information technology services, issued in accordance with such employees' stock option scheme as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf a .....

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..... t was read as, issued to non-resident investors against the issue of ordinary shares or foreign currency convertible bonds of issuing company 7. Substituted vide Finance Act, 2020 dated 27-03-2020 w.e.f. 01-04-2021 before it was read as dividends, other than dividends referred to in section 115-O 8. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-04-2022 9. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-04-2022 10. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-04-2022 - - statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - T .....

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