Fema / RBI - ALL ABOUT THE PROVISIONS TO BUY THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BY NRI IN INDIA:- Article answers if NRIs buy Commercial property in India, What are the types of properties that NRIs/PIOs can buy, What are the types of properties that NRIs/PIOs cannot buy, What Procedures should be followed by NRI to buy a property in India, […]...
Read MoreFema / RBI - An NRI can have the interest in the following assets in India, which he receives by Gift or by inheritance- i. Money or Liquid funds ii. Immovable properties iii. Jewellery, painting, art piece or other valuable goods iv. Shares in companies registered in India v. Interest in Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) Any such receipt through ...
Read MoreFema / RBI - A resident Indian or a company registered in India can avail loan from an NRI on repatriable or non- repatriable basis. The borrowing and lending in INR between the resident and non-resident persons are governed by- 1. clause (e) of sub-section 3 of section 6 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 2. Foreign Exchange […]...
Read MoreFema / RBI - By making the amendment in sub rule (1) of Rule 3 for words, and resident in India, following words substituted whether resident in India or otherwise. By this amendment, now Non-Resident Indians (‘NRIs’) is also allowed to incorporate OPCs in India....
Read MoreFema / RBI - Most NRIs visit India at least once every year. While they might be eager to come visit India and meet their families and catch up on everything they might have missed out on, they should also consider financial aspects of their house keeping during their visit to India. This will help them get back to […]...
Read MoreFema / RBI - Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has now permitted Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to enroll in National Pension Scheme (NPS) at par with Non-Resident Indians vide Circular No: PFRDA/2019/19/PDES/3 dated 29th October 2019....
Read MoreFema / RBI - ICAI released an e-book on Taxation of Non-Residents based on the law as amended by the Finance Act, 2018. The book contains following topics- Chapter 1. Residential Status Chapter 2. Income Deemed to Accrue or Arise in India Chapter 3. Income not to be included in the total income Chapter 4. Presumptive Taxation Chapter 5. […]...
Read MoreFema / RBI - Country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday revised interest rates for deposits by non-resident Indians (NRIs) across maturities and currencies. Under the revised rate structure, NRIs will get up to 26 basis points more for deposits in foreign currencies, while the rates for deposits in Indian rupee have gone down marginally, a...
Read MoreFema / RBI - The government is working on procedures to enable NRI,s to vote soon. Addressing the curtain raiser press conference of PBD-2011, here today, the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar said that the Parliament has passed the bill on Voting...
Read MoreFema / RBI - The new legislation, introduced in Parliament on Monday, says an individual shall be resident in India in any financial year if he is in the country for more than 59 days in that year and has been in India for more 365 days in the four preceding fina...
Read MoreTarun Kumar Sarkar Vs Dy. DIT (ITAT Kolkata) - Salary accrued to a non-resident seafarer for services rendered outside India on a foreign going ship (with Indian flag or foreign flag) shall not be included in the total income merely because the said salary has been credited in the NRE account maintained with an Indian bank by the seafarer....
Read MoreTulip Hotels Pvt. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Shri Somendra Khosla is a NRI, he is in the business of development of real estate and he is a man of substantial means, in my opinion, if he has decided to invest in the real estate in India, the genuineness cannot be doubted unless there is any evidence to the contrary. The Revenue has doubted the...
Read MoreClifford Chance Vs DCIT (Bombay High Court) - 34. For the purpose of taxation the authorities under the Act have proceeded on the basis that the fees received by the Appellant was for the entire Indian Project as such chargeable to tax. 35. Two basic questions which, thus, arise for our consideration are :...
Read MorePress Note No 2 (2009 Series) - (13/02/2009) - Provided that, in case of a combination of all or any of the entities mentioned in Sub-Clauses (i) and (ii) of clause 5.5.4.1 above, each of the parties shall have entered into a legally binding agreement to act as a single unit in managing the matters of the applicant company....
Read MorePress Note No. 3 (2009 Series) - (13/02/2009) - These guidelines will issue in modification of paragraph 2(e) of Press Note 4 of 2006 and will be effective from the date of issue of this Press Note. FDI policy announced vide Annex to Press Note 7(2008) dated 16th June 2008 stands amplified to the above extent....
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