Section 11 - Insertion of New Section 80RR - Finance Act, 1969

11. Insertion of New Section 80RR After section 80R of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1970, namely :- 80RR. Deduction in respect of professional income from foreign sources in certain cases. - Where the gross total income of an individual resident in India, being an author, playwright, artist, musician or actor, includes any income derived by him in the exercise of his profession from the Government of a foreign State or any person not resident in India, and such income is received in, or brought into, India by him or on his behalf in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 (7 of 1947), and any rules made thereunder, there shall be allowed a deduction from such income of an amount equal to twenty-five per cent. of the income so received or brought, in computing the total income of the individual. .