- Residential status determines an individual's tax liability in India and depends on the number of days spent in India in the relevant fiscal year and previous years. 
- For individuals, residential status can be ordinarily resident, not ordinarily resident, or non-resident depending on whether basic conditions regarding number of days in India are met as well as additional conditions for ordinarily resident status. 
- For Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs), residential status depends on whether control and management of the HUF is wholly or partly located in India. Ordinarily resident status for HUFs also considers conditions for the karta or manager.
- Other entities like firms, companies, and other persons are considered