FORM NO.
34C (See rule 44E)
Form of application for obtaining an advance
ruling under section 245Q(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
(PLEASE READ THE NOTES CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING
THISFORM)
BEFORE THE AUTHORITY FOR
ADVANCE RULINGS
Application No. ……………………… of
………………..
- Full name and address of the applicant
- Telephone and Fax number
- Country in which he is resident
- Status
- Basis of claim for being a non-resident
- The Commissioner having jurisdiction over the
applicant (only in the case of existing assesses)
- Permanent Account Number (only in the case of
existing assesses)
- Question(s) relating to the transaction on
which the advance ruling is required.
- Statement of the relevant facts having a
bearing on the aforesaid question(s)
- Statement containing the applicant's
interpretation of law or facts, as the case may be, in respect of
the aforesaid question(s)
- List of documents/statements attached.
- Particulars of account payee demand draft
accompanying the application
- Name and address of authorised representative
in India , if any.
____________
(Signed Applicant)
Verification
I, _____________________ (name in full and in
block letters), son/daughter/wife of ___________________ do hereby
solemnly declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief what is
stated above and in the annexure(s), including the documents
accompanying such annexure(s), is correct and complete. I further
declare that I am making this application in my capacity as
_____________________ (designation) and that I am competent to make
this application and verify it.
I also declare that the question on which the
advance ruling is required is not pending in my case before any
income tax authority, the Appellate Tribunal or any court.
Verified today the __________ day of __________.
Place ___________
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Signed
Notes :
- The application must be filled in English or
Hindi in quadruplicate.
- The number and year of receipt of the
application will be filled in the office of the Authority for
Advance Rulings.
- If the space provided for answering any item
in the application is found insufficient, separate enclosures may
be used for the purpose. These should be signed by the applicant.
- The application must be accompanied by an
account payee demand draft of two thousand five hundred rupees
drawn in favour of Authority for Advance Rulings, payable at New
Delhi . Particulars of the draft should be given in replay to item
No. 12.
- In reply to item No.3, if the applicant is a
company, association of persons or Hindu undivided family, etc.,
the country of residence thereof is to be given and not of the
individual who is filing the application on behalf of such person.
- In reply to item No.4, the applicant must
state whether he/it is an individual, Hindu undivided family,
firm, association of persons or company.
- For item No.5, the reply must be given in the
context of the provisions regarding ‘residence' in India as
contained in section 6 of the Income-tax Act. The position in this
regard is as follows:
An individual is said to be ‘resident' in any
financial year, if he has been in India during that year:
- for a period or periods of 182 days or more;
or
- for a period or periods of 60 days or more
and has also been in India within the preceding four years for a
period or periods of 365 days or more
However, the period of 60 days is increased to
150 days in the case of a citizen of India or a period of Indian
origin who has been outside India and comes on a visit to India, and
to 182 days in a case when a citizen of India leaves India for
purposes of employment outside India, or as a member of the crew of
an Indian ship.
An association of persons or a Hindu undivided
family is resident in India in every case except where the control
and management of its affairs is situated wholly outside India .
A company is resident in India , if it is an
Indian company or the control and management of its affairs is
situated wholly in India .
A person who is not resident in India as above,
is non-resident in India .
8. Regarding item No.8, the question(s) should be
based on actual or proposed transaction, Hypothetical questions will
not be entertained.
9. In respect of item No.9, in Annexure I, the
applicant must state in detail the relevant facts and also disclose
the nature of his business or profession and the likely date and
purpose of the proposed transaction(s). Relevant facts reflected in
documents submitted along with the application must be included in
the statement of facts and not merely incorporated by reference.
10. For item No.10, in Annexure II, the applicant
must clearly state his interpretation of law or facts in respect of
the question(s) on which the advance ruling has been sought.
11. The application, the verification appended
thereto, the annexures to the application and the statements and
documents accompanying the annexures, must be signed
(a) in the case of an individual, -
- by the individual himself, and
- where, for any unavoidable reason, it is not
possible for the individual to sign the application, by any person
duly authorised by him in this behalf:
Provided that in a case referred to sub-clause
(ii) the person signing the application holds a valid power of
attorney from the individual to do so, which shall be attached to
the application:
(b) in the case of a Hindu undivided family, -
- by the karta thereof, and
- where, for any unavoidable reason, it is not
possible for the karta to sign the application, by any other adult
member of such family;
(c) in the case of a company, -
- by the Managing Director thereof, or where for
any unavoidable reason such Managing Director is not able to sign
and verify the application, or where there is no Managing
Director, by any Director thereof:
- where, for any unavoidable reason, it is not
possible for the Managing Director or the Director to sign the
application, by any person duly authorised by the company in this
behalf.
(d) in the case of a firm, by the managing
partner thereof, or where for any unavoidable reason such managing
partner is not able to sign and verify the application, or where
there is no managing partner as such, by any partner thereof, not
being a minor;
(e) in the case of an association of
persons, by any member of the association or the principal officer
thereof, and
(f) in the case of any other person, by
that person or by some person competent to act on his behalf.
Annexure I
Statement of the relevant facts
having a bearing on the
question(s) on which the advance ruling
is required.
………………………………
(Signed Applicant)
Place …………………
Date ………………….
Annexure II
Statement containing the applicant's
interpretation of law
or facts, as the case may be, in respect
of the question(s)
on which advance ruling is required.
………………………………
(Signed Applicant)
Place …………………
Date ………………….
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