Income Tax Rules Amended to allow Foreign Tax Credit even with Delayed filing of Form 67 [Read Notification]
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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the Income-tax (27thAmendment) Rules, 2022 and amended rule 128, for sub-rule (9) allowing filing of form 67 furnished even after the due date of the return for Ay 2022-23 to allow the foreign tax credit The notification issued by the Board on Thursday stated that “In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in rule 128, for sub-rule (9)...
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the Income-tax (27thAmendment) Rules, 2022 and amended rule 128, for sub-rule (9) allowing filing of form 67 furnished even after the due date of the return for Ay 2022-23 to allow the foreign tax credit
The notification issued by the Board on Thursday stated that “In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in rule 128, for sub-rule (9) the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(9) The statement in Form No. 67 referred to in clause (i) of sub-rule (8) and the certificate or the statement referred to in clause (ii) of sub-rule (8) shall be furnished on or before the end of the assessment year relevant to the previous year in which the income referred to in sub-rule (1) has been offered to tax or assessed to tax in India and the return for such assessment year has been furnished within the time specified under sub-section (1) or sub-section (4) of section 139: Provided that where the return has been furnished under sub-section (8A) of section 139, the statement in Form No. 67 referred to in clause (i) of sub-rule (8) and the certificate or the statement referred to in clause (ii) of sub-rule (8) to the extent it relates to the income included in the updated return, shall be furnished on or before the date on which such return is furnished.”
“This amendment is effective from the 1st day of April, 2022 so that it applies to all the claims of foreign tax credit furnished during the financial year 2022-2023. It is hereby certified that no person is being adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this rule,” the notification said.
Rule 128(9) provides that Form 67 should be filed on or before the due date of filing the return of income as prescribed under section 139(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
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