Section 302 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Legal representative..

(1) Where a person dies, his legal representative shall be liable to pay any sum which the deceased would have been liable to pay if he had not died, in the like manner and to the same extent as the deceased.(2) For the purposes of making an assessment (including an assessment, reassessment or recomputation under […]

Section 303 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Representative assessee

(1) For the purposes of this Act, “representative assessee” means— (a) in respect of the income of a non-resident specified in section 9, the agent of the non-resident, including a person who is treated as an agent under section 306; (b) in respect of the income of a minor or a person who is mentally ill or

Section 304 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Liability of representative assessee.

(1) Every representative assessee, as regards the income in respect of which he is a representative assessee, shall be subject to the same duties, responsibilities and liabilities as if the income were income received by or accruing to or in favour of him beneficially and for this purpose,––(a) the representative assessee shall be liable to

Section 306 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Who may be regarded as agent.

6. (1) For the purposes of this Act, “agent”, in relation to a non-resident, includes––(a) any person in India—(i) who is employed by or on behalf of the non-resident; or(ii) who has any business connection with the non-resident; or(iii) from or through whom the non-resident is in receipt of any income, whether directly or indirectly;

Section 308 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Charge of tax in case of oral trust..

(1) The income of the person appointed under an oral trust as mentioned in section 303(1)(e) shall be chargeable to tax at the maximum marginal rate, irrespective of anything contained in any other provision of this Act. (2) For the purposes of this section, “oral trust” shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 303(3).