Among the many apprehensions that NRIs’ have about investing in property in India, one is about the ways and means of repatriating funds back to their country abroad, after the sale of a property. Any NRI investor, while investing in property in India, should ideally chalk out the process from …
Read More »Changes in furnishing Form 15CA and 15CB wef 01-04-2016 for payment made to non resident
Section 195 of the Income-tax Act (‘the Act’) empowers the Central Board of Direct Taxes to capture information in respect of payments made to non-residents, whether chargeable to tax or not. Rule 37 BB of the Income-tax Rules has been amended to strike a balance between reducing the burden of …
Read More »List of queries asked by an NRI about Capital Gain tax on sale of property
Mr. Abrahim an NRI living at UK is corresponding with me regarding the capital gain tax on sale of property in Bangalore. Here are his queries and my answers – Dear Mr. Abrahim, I am an NRI seller. I want to sell my house in Bangalore and reinvest it in …
Read More »Can an NRI purchase a coffee estate in India?
I come across many queries about acquisition of purchase by Non Resident Indians (NRI) or Person of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI). Most recently, I have been asked a specific question – Can an NRI buy a coffee plantation? Maybe NRIs have sufficiently invested in …
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