Scope of total income clarified: residency tests and foreign income treatment reorganised to improve clarity and administration.
Clause 5 reorganises the scope of total income by substituting "previous year" with tax year, moving not ordinarily resident treatment into the main clause, and elevating former Explanations into subsections. The Bill preserves the core rules on income received or deemed received in India, income accruing or arising in India, and income accruing outside India, while separately articulating prevention of double inclusion and foreign income treatment to improve clarity and administrative coherence.