I-T dept eyes NRIs' residential status, reopens tax assessments of 5 years

The department has pulled up people who evaded tax and were sent notices a month ahead of Budget 2019

The Income-Tax department is scrutining the ‘residential’ status of non-resident Indians (NRIs) and are sending  several of them notices to reopen tax assessments of  the last five to six years.  They have also been asked to share photocopies of their passports. 

Whether you are a resident Indian or NRI, taxation is an essential part but tax rules are different for NRIs. A person is an NRI if he or she leaves for the purpose of employment for 182 days. The NRI income tax will depend on your residential status. If you are an NRI you don't have to pay tax on