I have been receiving lot of inquiries whether to transfer, when to transfer, whether to break NRO FD to transfer funds out of NRO to NRE accounts and many more. My answer has been and is always going to be Break FD and Transfer funds AS SOON AS POSSIBLE provided total […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has revised Schedule VI completely after more than 5 decades. The revision was made to align the format with International Financial Reporting Standards. To create awareness about the practical challenges for preparation of financials as per Revised Schedule VI, NJP Advisors Pvt. Ltd. has organized series […]
The last date of XBRL filing for Phase – I Companies without additional fees ended on 31st December 2011. More than 85% of the companies covered in Phase –I (more than 23,000 companies) have filed the annual documents in XBRL mode. Majority of the countries in the world have taken concrete […]
Currently, there are lots of negatives news, events and circumstances related to Indian Market such as India’s Rating India has lowest Investment grade rating by rating agencies (BBB-). One more downgrade will change its status to non-investment grade i.e. Junk S&P has negative outlook on India i.e. there is higher probability […]
FBAR Requirement: In simple terms, US Citizens and resident aliens (i.e. anyone filing Form 1040) are required to report Foreign Financial Accounts in FBAR form if Value of their Foreign Financial Accounts (FFA) (including bank, FD, shares, securities, mutual fund, cash value of life insurance, etc.) exceed $10,000 at any time […]
No. Foreign Financial Accounts ^ Reported in FBAR?^ Example* 1 Financial (deposit & custodial) accounts held at foreign financial institutions Yes Account with Indian Bank e.g. Kotak in India 2 Financial account held at a foreign branch of a U.S. financial institution Yes Account with US Bank e.g. Citi Bank in […]
Steps for FBAR Compliance: 1. List investments made in foreign countries and money in foreign accounts/investments 2. Determine which foreign financial accounts to be included for respective filing (FBAR 2) 3. Verify if FBAR is applicable based on filing status and reporting threshold (# 5, 6, 7) 4. Gather information required […]
RBI and Indian Government Agencies have made a lot of changes affecting NRIs and NRI Investments in last 8 months. I have selected 15 and have summarized them in the following table for easy understanding. 15 Important Changes affecting NRIs by RBI and Indian Government # Date Topic Detail Effect / Benefit […]
As per RBI’s notification RBI/2011-12/536 dated May 7, 2012, NRIs are eligible to transfer funds from NRO account to NRE account within the overall ceiling of USD one million per financial year subject to payment of tax. Such credit of funds to NRE account shall be treated as eligible credit. I believe it is really […]