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    Girish17 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 21, 2007, 03:00 PM
    Taxed for income earned in Abroad
    Hi ,

    My question is why should we pay tax for the income earned abroad in India.
    I am working for an India based company and got deputed to Cannada on work for 7 months, I am been paid in canadian dollars and I paid tax here, now when I went back to india my company is asking me to pay tax for the income earned abroad .

    Please help me on this as I need to pay large sum of money.

    Regards,
    Girish
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    AtlantaTaxExpert Posts: 21,836, Reputation: 846
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    Sep 22, 2007, 01:04 PM
    This is similar to your last post, which I already answered.

    BTW, MOST countries do NOT tax their citiziens on income earned in a foreign country. If they do, they will give you credit (usually rupee-for-rupee in yor case) for the tax paid to the foreign country.
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