Section 89A - Relief from taxation in income from retirement benefit account maintained in a notified country. - Income-tax Act, 1961

2 [ Relief from taxation in income from retirement benefit account maintained in a notified country. 89A. Where a specified person has income accrued in a specified account, such income shall be taxed in such manner and in such year as may be prescribed. Explanation . For the purposes of this section, (a) notified country means a country as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this section; (b) specified account means an account maintained in a notified country by the specified person in respect of his retirement benefits and the income from such account is not taxable on accrual basis but is taxed by such country at the time of withdrawal or redemption; (c) specified person means a person resident in India who opened a specified account in a notified country while being non-resident in India and resident in that country. ] *********** NOTES:- 1. Tax relief in relation to export turnover. 89A. [Omitted by the Finance Act, 1983, w.e.f. 1-4-1983. The provisions of this section were later substituted by scheme contained in section 80HHC, inserted by the Finance Act, 1983, w.e.f. 1-4-1983. Originally section 89A was inserted by the Finance Act, 1982, w.e.f. 1-6-1982.] 2. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-04-2022