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Section 211: Tax on non-resident sportsmen or sports associations

The Income-tax Act, 2025Central Act · Act 30 of 2025

Tax on non-resident sportsmen or sports associations.

(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 from which are taxable as specified in section 194(1) (Table: Sl. No. 1)] 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 from which are taxable as specified in section 194(1) (Table: Sl. No. 1) or sport played in India; or

(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,

then, the aggregate of income-tax payable by the assessee shall be computed at the rate specified in the column C applied on the corresponding income specified in column B:—

TABLE

(2) 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 sub-section (1).

(3) It shall not be necessary for the assessee to furnish a return of his income under section 263(1), if—

(a) his total income during the tax year consisted only of income referred to in sub-section (1); and

(b) the tax deductible at source under the provisions of Chapter XIX-B has been deducted from such income.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Income-tax Act, 2025
Section211
Marginal noteTax on non-resident sportsmen or sports associations
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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