Section 158 — Relief from taxation in income from retirement benefit account maintained
in a notified country
Old Act equivalent: Section 89 of IT Act 1961 Sub-part: Rebates and Reliefs
Statutory Text
- (1) The income accrued to a specified person in a specified account shall be
taxed in such manner and in such tax year, as may be prescribed. (2) For the purposes of this section,— ( a) “notified country” means a country as may be notified by the Central Government; ( b) “specified account” means an account maintained in a notified country by the specified person for his retirement benefits, the income from which is taxed by that notified country at the time of withdrawal or redemption and, not on accrual basis; ( c) “specified person” means a person resident in India having opened a specified account in a notified country while being non-resident in India and resident in that country. B.—Double taxation relief Agreement with foreign countries or specified territories and adoption by Central Government of agreement between specified associations for double taxation relief.
Provisos
None.
Explanations
None.
Tables
None.
Cross-References
To be updated.
Notes
- Verification status: pending
- Auto-generated from IT Act 2025 PDF on 2026-04-13
Related Rules (IT Rules 2026)
Related Circulars
- Circular 10/2002
- Circular 3/2022 (DTAA)
- Circular 789/2000