Income Tax : Wrong ITR form selection, incorrect residential status, and missing Indian income disclosures can create tax complications for NRI...
Income Tax : India’s new PAN compliance framework introduces stricter documentation and verification requirements for NRIs and foreign entiti...
Income Tax : The updated law clarifies how stay duration and income thresholds determine tax residency status. It holds that only crossing the ...
Income Tax : Even if seafarers fail the 182-day NRI test due to crises or travel delays, foreign salary may still remain tax-free. RNOR status ...
Income Tax : Database mismatches can wrongly deactivate PAN for NRIs, resulting in higher tax withholding and significant capital blockage duri...
Income Tax : A focused session breaks down recent Budget amendments affecting NRI taxation. It highlights how changes impact income, investment...
Income Tax : Join CA Ruchika Bhagat on June 29, 2025, for a webinar on NRI taxation. Learn about residential status, taxable income, DTAA, TDS,...
Corporate Law : Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has now permitted Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to enroll in National ...
Income Tax : ICAI released an e-book on Taxation of Non-Residents based on the law as amended by the Finance Act, 2018. The book contains fol...
Finance : Country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday revised interest rates for deposits by non-resident Indians (NRIs) across m...
Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that interest paid on a housing loan can be treated as part of the cost of acquisition where no deduction was ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai deleted the ₹14.70 lakh addition made under Section 69, holding that the NRI assessee had adequately explained t...
Income Tax : The case examined whether overseas income used for Indian property purchase is taxable. The Tribunal held that income earned and r...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court orders Income Tax Department to grant full TDS credit to an NRI seller despite the buyer's error in filing Form 2...
Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur to rule on NRI Ravindra Gaur's Rs. 86 lakh NRE account deposit, claimed as foreign remittance, challenging ex-parte ad...
Fema / RBI : NRIs/OCIs are governed by provisions of FEMA 1999 and do not require prior approval of RBI for acquisition and transfer of immovab...
Fema / RBI : 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 abov...
Fema / RBI : 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...
Due to vast provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 regarding taxation of non-residents, most of the time NRI’s gets confused by the provisions of law governing the taxability of their income in India. Most of the NRI’s have immovable properties in India and they get puzzled about taxation on sale of the immovable property. Apart […]
Who is a Non Resident Indian (NRI)? An Individual being Indian citizen or person of Indian origin is said to be Non Resident Indian(NRI) in any financial year, if he/she satisfies both the following conditions: Condition 1 He/ She stay in India for less than 182 days in that financial year. And Condition 2 He/ […]
India continues to be an attractive destination for the investors, including non-resident Indians (NRIs). Investments made by NRIs are generally treated as ‘foreign investment’ from the Indian foreign exchange regulations perspective. These regulations have been liberalized over the years and have facilitated remittances from overseas, making India one of the top recipients of foreign remittances […]
A. Resignation of Foreign Director in Private Limited Company 1. Resignee director to do the following: Step 1: The Director intending to resign shall send notice in writing to the Company. They are to intimate the Registrar, about their resignation, by way of filing form DIR-11. However, MCA vide its notification dated 07.05.2018, have made Filling of […]
It is essential to note that in case of purchase of property, the buyer is responsible for deducting the applicable tax at source (i.e. TDS) and deposit the same with the Government. Since the buyer is required to deduct the TDS, he would obviously be required to fulfil all the relevant compliance like TDS payment; […]
We all know that taxation of a Non-resident in India is discussed more than often. There is one of the major amendment in section 6 of the Income-tax Act dealing with the residential status in India. An insertion of clause 1(A) and amendments to the existing sub-clause (c) by the Finance Act 2020, has bought […]
In the continuance of the Types of Account Maintained By Non-Resident (Part-1) FOREIGN CURRENCY (NON-RESIDENT) ACCOUNT (BANKS) SCHEME [FCNR (B) A/C]: Q 1. Who can open FCNR (B) A/C? Ans: 1. Any Non-Resident Indian (NRI) & Person of Indian Origin (PIO) without any approval of the RBI with Authorised Bank. 2. Individuals/Entities of Pakistan and Bangladesh […]
If any person who is Non-Resident wants to do bona fide transactions in India, then they have to open some special kind of accounts according to the procedure prescribed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Types of account which can be opened by a Non-Resident in India:- 1. Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account Scheme [NRE A/c] […]
Recently I was asked a question by someone that at what rate TDS is to be deducted at the time of purchasing a property in India from a non-resident. The answer to the question lies in the simple reading of the Income Tax Act’1961. Let us examine the relevant Sections of the Income Tax Act’1961. […]
RESIDENTIAL STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL Resident Indian Citizen or person of Indian Origin – Stay in India for 182 days or more during the relevant year OR – Stay in India for 120 days or more during the relevant year and 365 days or more during the preceding four years – Total Income other than […]
