A lot of NRIs have shown interest in transferring funds from NRO to NRE since the notification came out on May 7, 2012. However, very few have actually transferred funds. This is mainly due to the lack of awareness or experience in newly issued notification in case of NRIs, Banks as […]
On July 18, 2012, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide notifications RBI/2012-13/136 and 137, DBOD.Dir.BC. 29 and 30/13.03.00/2012-13 withdrew the discretion given to banks to allow the benefit of additional interest rate of one per cent per annum on NRE, NRO and FCNR (B) deposit accounts. Banks in India offer benefit of additional […]
CBEC (Central Board of Excise and Customs) Circular No. 163/14/2012 –ST dated July 10, 2012 clarified that there is no service tax per se on the amount of foreign currency remitted to India from overseas. This is a good news for NRIs as they will not be charged any service tax on money […]
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 […]
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 […]