Rules regarding section 10(4E) of the Income tax Act 1961

Rules regarding section 10(4E) of the Income tax Act, 1961
 
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)

Notification No. 87/2022

New Delhi, the 1st August, 2022
INCOME-TAX
 
G.S.R. 610(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (4E) of section 10 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules,1962, namely:─
 
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Twenty Third Amendment) Rules, 2022.
 
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
 
2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 21AK, -(A) in sub-rule (1), –
 
(a) in the opening paragraph, after the words “non-deliverable forward contracts”, the words “or offshore derivative instruments or over-the-counter derivatives,” shall be inserted;
 
(b) in clause (i), after the words “non-deliverable forward contract”, the words “or offshore derivative instrument or over-the-counter derivative” shall be inserted;
 
(c) in clause (ii), after the word “contract”, the words “, instrument or derivative” shall be inserted;
 
(B) for the Explanation, following shall be substituted, namely:-
 
“Explanation.—For the purpose of this rule, the expression,—
 
(i) “derivative” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (ac) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956);
 
(ii) “a non-deliverable forward contract” shall mean a contract for the difference between an exchange rate agreed before and the actual spot rate at maturity, with the spot rate being taken as the domestic rate or a market determined rate and such contract being settled with a single payment in a foreign currency;
 
(iii) “offshore banking unit” means a banking branch Unit located in an International Financial Services Centre, as referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 80LA of the Act;
 
(iv) “offshore derivative instrument” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (o) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation (2) of the SEBI Foreign Portfolio Investor Regulations, 2019;
 
(v) “over-the-counter derivatives” shall mean a derivative contract that is not traded on an exchange but instead is privately negotiated between a purchaser and a seller; and
 
(vi) “permanent establishment” shall have the meaning as assigned to it in clause (iiia) of section 92F of the Act.
 
[F.No.370142/36/2022-TPL]
UMME FARDINA ADIL, Under Secy.
(Tax Policy and Legislation Division)
 
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 969(E) dated the 26thMarch, 1962 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 537(E) dated the 12th July, 2022.
 
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