Under section 61 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, which business qualifies for presumptive taxation only when it is carried on by a foreign company, and not by any other non-resident?
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Under section 61 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, which business qualifies for presumptive taxation only when it is carried on by a foreign company, and not by any other non-resident?
Operation of cruise ships
Civil construction for turnkey power projects
Services for prospecting for mineral oils
Operation of aircraft
Answer and explanation
In the Table to section 61(2) of the Income-tax Act, 2025, civil construction, erection, testing or commissioning of plant for a turnkey power project approved by the Central Government (item 4) is available only to a foreign company, at 10% of the amount paid. Shipping, cruise-ship and aircraft operations and services for mineral oil prospecting are open to any non-resident, so a non-resident individual can use them.
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