New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Nearly a decade ago, at the peak of his advertising popularity, Indian men's team cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar used Section 80RR to save Rs.58 lakh in taxes on income earned from abroad. More recently, TaxBuddy founder Sujit Bangar took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), to explain how the Master Blaster's tax strategy worked.

Bangar in multiple posts explained how Sachin Tendulkar was able to claim the tax deduction by separating his income as earnings from two professions.

As per a multiple media reports, in tax filings for AY2001-02 and AY2004-05, Sachin Tendulkar claimed 30 per cent deduction under Section 80RR on Rs.5.92 crore of earnings from abroad, and defended against a tax demand from th...