Section 115BBA:
Tax on non-resident sportsmen or sports associations.
1(1) Where the total income of
an assessee,—
(a) being a sportsman (including an athlete), who is not a citizen of India and is a non-resident,
includes any income received or receivable by way of—
(i) participation in India in any game (other than a game the winnings wherefrom are taxable
under section 115BB) or sport; or
(ii) advertisement; or
(iii) contribution of articles relating to any game or sport in India in newspapers, magazines
or journals; or
(b) being a non-resident sports association or institution, includes any amount guaranteed to be
paid or payable to such association or institution in relation to any game (other than a game the
winnings wherefrom are taxable under section 115BB) or sport played in India 2
; or
2
(c) being an entertainer, who is not a citizen of India and is a non-resident, includes any income
received or receivable from his performance in India,
the income-tax payable by the assessee shall be the aggregate of—
(i) the amount of income-tax calculated on income referred to in 3
clause (a) or clause (b) or
clause (c) at the rate of 4
twenty per cent.; and
(ii) the amount of income-tax with which the assessee would have been chargeable had the total
income of the assessee been reduced by the amount of income referred to in 3
clause (a) or clause (b)
or clause (c):
Provided that no deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance shall be allowed under any
provision of this Act in computing the income referred to in 3
clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c).
(2) It shall not be necessary for the assessee to furnish under sub-section (1) of section 139 a return of
his income if—
(a) his total income in respect of which he is assessable under this Act during the previous year
consisted only of income referred to in 3
clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (1); and
(b) the tax deductible at source under the provisions of Chapter XVIIB has been deducted from
such income.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 36 of 1989, s. 10 (w.e.f. 1-4-1990).
2. Ins. by Act 23 of 2012, s. 45 (w.e.f. 1-4-2013).
3. Subs. by s. 45, ibid., for “clause (a) or clause (b)” (w.e.f. 1-4-2013).
4. Subs. by s. 45, ibid., for “ten per cent.” (w.e.f. 1-4-2013).