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Central Government specifies California Public Employees Retirement System as the specified person for the purposes of section 10(23FE) of IT Act- (Ministry of Finance ) (25 Jan 2023)

MANU/CBDT/0002/2023

Direct Taxation

In exercise of powers conferred by sub-clause (iv) of clause (c) of the Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), the Central Government hereby specifies the pension fund, namely, the California Public Employees Retirement System (PAN: AAATC6038J), (hereinafter referred to as "the assessee") as the specified person for the purposes of the said clause in respect of the eligible investment made by it in India on or after the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette but on or before the 31st day of March, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the "the said investments") subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions, namely:-

1. (i) the assessee shall file return of income, for all the relevant previous years falling within the period beginning from the date in which the said investment has been made and ending on the date on which such investment is liquidated, on or before the due date specified for furnishing the return of income under sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act;

(ii) the assessee shall furnish along with such return a certificate in Form No. 10BBC in respect of compliance to the provisions of clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act, during the financial year, from an accountant as defined in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288 of the Act, as per the provisions of clause (vi) of rule 2DB of the Income -tax Rules, 1962;

(iii) the assessee shall intimate the details in respect of each investment made by it in India during the quarter within one month from the end of the quarter in Form No. 10BBB, as required under clause (v) of rule 2DB of the Income-tax Rules, 1962;

(iv) the assessee shall maintain a segmented account of income and expenditure in respect of such investment which qualifies for exemption under clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act;

(v) the assessee shall continue to be regulated under the laws of the Government of the State of California, United States of America;

(vi) the assessee shall be responsible for administering or investing the assets for meeting the statutory obligations and defined contributions of one or more funds or plans established for providing retirement, social security, employment, disability, death benefits or any similar compensation to the participants or beneficiaries of such funds or plans, as the case may be;

(vii) the earnings and assets of the assessee should be used only for meeting statutory obligations and defined contributions for participants or beneficiaries of funds or plans referred to in clause (vi) and no portion of the earnings or assets of the pension fund inures any benefit to any other private person; barring any payment made to creditors or depositors for loan or borrowing as defined in sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of Explanation 2 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act, taken for the purposes other than for making investment in India;

(viii) the assessee shall not have any loans or borrowings as defined in sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of Explanation 2 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act, directly or indirectly, for the purposes of making investment in India;

(ix) the assessee shall not participate in the day to day operations of investee as defined in clause (i) of Explanation 2 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act, but the monitoring mechanism to protect the investment with the investee including the right to appoint directors or executive director shall not be considered as participation in the day to day operations of the investee; and

(x) the said investments of the assessee shall be held for at least three years as required under sub-clause (ii) of clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act.

2. Violation of any of the conditions stipulated in clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act and this notification shall render the assessee ineligible for the tax exemption.

3. This notification shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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