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tinatina23(Initiate)Initiate
13 Feb 2024

Hello everyone, I am a new Australian PR and Tax resident, will I be charged Tax for my lumsum investment returns in India where I have paid Rs 500000 (AUD 9315) for 5 to 6 years and held the investment for a period of another 5 to 6 years and then I receive a lumsum payout at the end of 10 and 12 years respectively?

For example I pay Rs 500000 (AUD 9315) * 5 years = Rs 2500000 (AUD 46500) and stop payments.

After waiting for next 5 years I get a lumsum payout on the 10th year of Rs 4800000 (AUD 93100) where out of AUD 93100 amount, AUD 46500 was paid by me only and rest is the interest accumulated over the next 5 years where I wait for the investment to hit maturity date.

Also to highlight, I held this investment for 3 years already in India before becoming a Australian tax resident. So out of the 5 years of payment made by me I was not an Australian Tax resident for first 3 years out of the total 10 years I held the investment.

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Deb_ATO(Community Support)Community Support
19 Feb 2024

Hi @tinatina23


Possibly, it depends what type of investments you mean. Any assessable income you’ve received from overseas will need to be declared in your Australian tax return.


Great news, when you’ve paid foreign tax, you may be entitled to a Foreign income tax offset, which helps prevent you from being taxed twice. 

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Deb_ATO(Community Support)Community Support
19 Feb 2024

Hi @tinatina23


Possibly, it depends what type of investments you mean. Any assessable income you’ve received from overseas will need to be declared in your Australian tax return.


Great news, when you’ve paid foreign tax, you may be entitled to a Foreign income tax offset, which helps prevent you from being taxed twice. 

tinatina23(Initiate)Initiate
21 Feb 2024

Hi thank you for your reply, really appreciate. The investment is a plan which generates a lump sum payout benefit after holding the policy for 10 years. It has a tax benefit on the premiums paid and the lump sum payout at the end of the policy term of 10 years is also tax free. So in this scenario the policy returns are tax free as per the government of India. The policy is in the name of our child and the premium payer is the father.


Hope the above clarifies on the type of investment. Our policy varient is Titanium which has tax free retuns after a period of 10 years as per below clause in the policy. Please help clarify. Thanks


2. Tax Benefits:

Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan offers tax benefits to its policyholders. The tax benefits are applicable on premium payments, as well as maturity benefits. Policyholders can get a tax deduction of up to INR 1,50,000 under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. In addition to that, the maturity benefit is also tax-free, as per the provisions of Section 10(10D)for all variants except for Gold wherein a life insurance coverage of 1.25 times the single premium is opted on a single life basis.

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