Past NRI status brings dilemma for Ash
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,October 14 2008]
More trouble is brewing up to disturb Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's peace of mind after the sudden call made by bad health to her father in law Amitabh Bachchan on a day when the whole Bachchan family were gearing up for grand celebrations for Big B's birthday.
An appeal filed by the Income Tax department challenging relief granted to Aishwarya by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has been admitted by the Bombay High Court.
The Income Tax department decided to approach the High Court after the Tax Appellate Tribunal canceled the department's decision to evaluate Aishwarya's tax assessment.
The accepted appeal is about the tax assessment of the actress for the time period of 1996-1997.
Under the appeal the Tax department is questioning the exemption that was grated to the former miss world stating her to be an NRI at that particular point of time.
It was in 2003 the concerned officials planned to re-examine Aishwarya's tax assessment after it was found out from her passport that during 1996-1997 she was not an non resident Indian.
If any person has to qualify for income tax exemption under the NRI category, he or she must be out of the country for a minimum period of 186 days and it was found out that during the time when Aiswarya was crowned Miss World she was not away from India for 186 days.