Last reviewed: · Reviewed by Regi Tom Antony, FCA
Crypto tax for NRI starts with Indian taxability, then the VDA transfer rules; withholding and treaty outcomes are confirmed for your facts.
Read →Startup equity · Cross-border investmentAn NRI can invest in an Indian startup through an eligible route; angel-tax abolition does not remove FEMA, valuation or reporting obligations.
Read →Budget 2025 · Living referenceA dated living summary of the verified FY 2025-26 / AY 2026-27 changes, distinguishing resident concessions from NRI entitlements.
Read →UK · Return checklistWhat to do at T-12, T-6, T-3 and T-0 months before you leave the UK, sequenced around Indian RNOR and UK split-year.
Read →UK · WrappersWhat happens to your UK tax wrappers once Indian residency begins, and how to sequence withdrawals across the RNOR window.
Read →UK · ReformThe April 2025 reforms end remittance basis and bring IHT on worldwide assets after 10 years of UK residence. Implications for Indian-origin families.
Read →UK · TreatyHow the treaty allocates taxing rights for the most common NRI/OCI income types.
Read →UK · PropertyTDS, capital gains, lower-deduction certificate and repatriation when you sit in the UK and the buyer sits in India.
Read →UK · IHTAfter 10 years of UK residence, worldwide assets enter UK IHT. What that means for Indian property, trusts and gifts.
Read →Gulf · ResidencyThe Section 6 day-count tests as they apply to UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman residents.
Read →Gulf · BankingAccount architecture for tax-free Gulf salaries and Indian-source rental income.
Read →Gulf · PropertyTDS, capital gains and repatriation when there is no foreign tax to offset.
Read →Property · ChecklistA day-by-day checklist for NRIs selling property in India, from documents and capital gains to the lower TDS certificate, the agreement, TDS checks and repatriation.
Read →Property · Joint ownersHow TDS, capital gains, certificates, exemptions and repatriation limits apply to each co-owner when jointly owned property in India is sold.
Read →Property · Power of attorneyHow NRIs can sell property in India without travelling, using a sale-specific power of attorney, and the safeguards that stop it being misused.
Read →Property · ValuationIf you sell below the state's stamp duty (fair) value by more than 10%, the higher value is taxed as your sale price. How the rule works, with examples.
Read →Property · ExemptionsCompare reinvesting in a house under section 82 (earlier section 54) with capital gains bonds under section 85 (earlier section 54EC) after selling property in India.
Read →Property · TDS problemsIf the TDS the buyer deducted on your property sale is missing from your tax statement: how to check, get it corrected, claim credit and avoid it next time.
Read →TDSHow NRIs use a lower or nil TDS certificate in Form 128 (earlier Form 13) under section 395 (earlier section 197) to stop TDS being deducted on the full sale price.
Read →RepatriationThe annual ceiling, the documents, and how to split larger estates across years and account holders.
Read →Gulf · ReturnEOSB timing, gold and hard-asset routing, and the RNOR window for Gulf NRIs.
Read →UAE · CTThe June 2023 regime and how it affects NRI-owned free-zone entities, mainland LLCs and freelancer licences.
Read →Taxation · ITR filingA step-by-step framework for how NRIs file an Indian income tax return — residential status, which ITR, the due date, DTAA relief and refunds.
Read →Taxation · Rates referenceThe tax rate that applies to each type of NRI income in India — salary, rent, capital gains, interest and dividends — in one reference table, with TDS.
Read →Taxation · InvestmentsHow each NRI investment in India is taxed — bank deposits, equity, mutual funds, bonds and more, with rates, TDS and what is exempt.
Read →Tax · Compliance calendarThe full FY 2026-27 (tax year 2026-27) Indian tax compliance calendar for NRIs — ITR filing, advance tax instalments, TDS deposit and return dates, Form 145/146 (formerly 15CA/15CB), and Form 128 (earlier Form 13) lower-TDS certificates.
Read →Property & RepatriationAn NRI's buyer deducts TDS on the whole sale price, not the gain. Six legal ways to cut that deduction, from a Section 395 (earlier section 197) certificate to Sections 82 / 85 (earlier sections 54 / 54EC) reinvestment. General guidance for FY 2026-27, not individual tax advice.
Read →Return to IndiaHow Section 6 of the Income-tax Act decides whether you're NR, RNOR or ROR for FY 2025-26 — the 182-day and 60/365-day basic tests, the 120-day high-income rule, deemed residency under Section 6(7) (earlier section 6(1A)), and the RNOR window under Section 6(13) (earlier section 6(6)).
Read →Taxation · Cross-borderHow NRIs and returning residents avoid being taxed twice on the same income — the exemption method vs the ordinary credit method used in most Indian treaties, Sections 159 and 160 (earlier sections 90 and 91), and the TRC / Form 41 (earlier Form 10F) / Form 44 (earlier Form 67) paperwork that unlocks the relief.
Read →OCI & FEMAHow a US-based NRI uses the India–US DTAA to cut Indian TDS on interest and dividends and avoid being taxed twice — treaty rates, TRC, Form 41 (earlier Form 10F) and Form 44 (earlier Form 67). General guidance for FY 2026-27, not individual tax advice.
Read →USA · Return checklistWhat to do at T-12, T-6, T-3 and T-0 before you leave the US, sequenced around RSU vests, 401(k) treatment and the Indian RNOR window.
Read →Canada · Return checklistWhat to do at T-12, T-6, T-3 and T-0 before you leave Canada, sequenced around the CRA departure return, RRSP and TFSA treatment and Indian RNOR.
Read →Australia · Return checklistWhat to do at T-12, T-6, T-3 and T-0 before you leave Australia, sequenced around superannuation, the CGT discount and the Indian RNOR window.
Read →New Zealand · Return checklistWhat to do at T-12, T-6, T-3 and T-0 before you leave New Zealand, sequenced around KiwiSaver, FIF holdings and the Indian RNOR window.
Read →Singapore · Return checklistWhat to do at T-12, T-6, T-3 and T-0 before you leave Singapore, sequenced around CPF withdrawals, IRAS tax clearance and the Indian RNOR window.
Read →When a foreign company is treated as Indian-resident under POEM — and how NRI founders avoid accidentally importing their cap table.
Read →FoundersWhy NRI founders and fund managers are routing through GIFT IFSC — tax holidays, FEMA carve-outs and structuring patterns.
Read →Term, health and ULIP cover for NRI families — what works across borders and what to avoid as a tax-saving wrapper.
Read →FamilyHow gifts and loans between NRI and resident family members are taxed, and when income gets clubbed back to the giver.
Read →FamilyJoint assets, alimony and asset splits when one spouse is an NRI and the other is resident — the tax and FEMA side.
Read →Step-by-step ITR filing: forms, residential status, Schedule FA and refunds.
Slabs, capital-gains rates and the TDS that applies to NRI income.
The day-count tests that decide whether you are NRI, RNOR or resident.
How treaty credit and Form 44 (earlier Form 67) stop the same income being taxed twice.
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