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compliance
10 posts tagged compliance
- Returning NRIs·
RBI's rules on foreign income for Indian residents: what you must repatriate and what you can keep
Indian residents earning foreign income — freelancers, RSU holders, NRIs turned ROR — must follow RBI's FEMA repatriation rules. What must come back to India, what can stay abroad, and the penalties.
- Returning NRIs·
FSDS: the Foreign Source Declaration Statement that Indian residents with overseas income must file
Indian residents with foreign-source income above prescribed limits must file an FSDS with their bank under RBI's FEMA framework. What it is, who must file, and how it connects to your ITR.
- Returning NRIs·
Schedule FA: how to disclose your foreign assets in your Indian income tax return
Returning NRIs must disclose all foreign assets in Schedule FA of ITR-2 or ITR-3. What to disclose, the Dec 31 snapshot rule, common errors, and how to fix missed disclosures.
- Returning NRIs·
RNOR status for returning NRIs: the 2-year tax window explained
What Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident (RNOR) status means for returning NRIs, how long it lasts, what foreign income is exempt, and how to plan...
- RSU Management·
Old vs new tax regime for RSU and foreign income holders (2026)
Choosing between India's old and new tax regime when you have RSU vesting, US dividends, or foreign salary. Key breakeven points, deductions that...
- RSU Management·
Form 67 field-by-field: RSU holders and US stock investors
Every field in Form 67 explained for Indian residents with RSUs and US stock portfolios. Covers dividends, capital gains, multi-income scenarios, and...
- US Investing·
The LRS explained: how Indians invest USD 250k/yr abroad
The Liberalised Remittance Scheme explained: $250,000/year limit, 20% TCS above ₹10L aggregate (for investment purposes), Form A2 process, TCS refund...
- US Investing·
LRS, TCS & Schedule FA: India's compliance trifecta
Three regulations that govern Indians investing abroad. What each requires, the deadlines, the penalties — and how to stop dreading them.
- RSU Management·
Form 67 & FTC: avoiding US dividend double taxation
Indian residents lose 5% per year of US dividends without Form 67. The complete filing walkthrough — what to enter, when, and the deadline trap.
- US Investing·
W-8BEN form for Indians: what it does and how to file it
W-8BEN gets Indians the 25% US dividend rate instead of 30%. Letting it expire costs 5% per year forever. The complete filing walkthrough.