Clarification regarding taxability of income earned by a non-resident investor from off-shore investments routed through an Alternate Investment Fund

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.... taxability of income earned by a non-resident investor from off-shore investments routed through an Alternate Investment Fund-reg. In the context of Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs), references have been made to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (the Board) seeking clarity regarding taxability of income from investments made by the non-resident investor through these AIFs, outside India (off-sh....

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....icable provision to determine the income and tax-liability of investment funds & their investors. In this context, "investment fund" is defined in Explanation 1 of Chapter XII-FB to mean any fund established or incorporated in India in the form of a trust or a company or a limited liability partnership or a body corporate which has been granted a certificate of registration as a Category....

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.... been made directly by him and not through the AIF. 5. The matter has been considered by the Board. As section 115UB(1) of the Act provides that the investments made by Category I or Category II AIFs are deemed to have been made by the investor directly, it is hereby clarified that any income in the hands of the non-resident investor from off-shore investments routed through the Category I or Cat....