New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The Income Tax Department has stepped up its international outreach through its Income Tax Overseas Units (ITOU), engaging with non-resident Indians, multinational companies, investors, tax professionals and business communities.

As India transitions to the Income-tax Act, 2025, the outreach is concentrated in major financial and diaspora centres, including Tokyo, Singapore, London, Washington DC, Mauritius, Cyprus, Germany, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.

Mint explains the reason behind this focus that ranges from explaining the new tax law to more specialized areas such as transfer pricing, advance pricing agreements (APAs), mutual agreement procedures (MAPs), Safe Harbour provisions and GIFT City.

The immediate...