Income Tax Department to Collect Taxes From Merchant Navy Personnel
The income tax department has started issuing notices to the merchant navy personnel, seeking them to pay taxes on behalf of the money earned in the duration of work on Indian or foreign vessels. Till date, the merchant navy personnel didn’t pay their taxes in India and enjoyed all the benefits similar to non-resident Indians. The notice started to circulate when the June judgment of an income tax tribunal in Kolkata suggested that the merchant navy personnel are eligible to pay their taxes in India.