27 January 2016
Insertion of new section 285A. After section 285 of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2016, namely:— "285A. Furnishing of information or documents by an Indian concern in certain cases.—Where any share of, or interest in, a company or an entity registered or incorporated outside India derives, directly or indirectly, its value substantially from the assets located in India, as referred to in Explanation 5 to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 9, and such company or, as the case may be, entity, holds, directly or indirectly, such assets in India through, or in, an Indian concern, then, such Indian concern shall, for the purposes of determination of any income accruing or arising in India under clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 9, furnish within the prescribed period to the prescribed income-tax authority the information or documents, in such manner, as may be prescribed.".
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