Migrants stay pretty much worried for seeking legal solutions regarding tax and property management. This informative draft will add what’s new in tax and management of property services in India. Thereby, one can get NRI legal solutions conveniently.

Tougher to invest India for NRIs

India & the US inked a deal of “give-and-take” tax info. The pact will be in regulation from October. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was constituted in 2010 under Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.  It holds the regulating authority of tax of the US citizens.

Numerous migrants from India or NRIs should be aware of NRIs legal services, especially of tax. Since they pay their hard-earned money to tax authorities in India & the US so, they should be known of this tie-up.

Every financial accounting transaction of Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) is registered in tax report. As per updates under NRIs services in India, this info will, now, be exchanged with Indian government via Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Thence, the processed report will be forwarded to US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  This way, the income of US-based NRIs, whose source of earning is in India, will be shared between both governments.  FATCA has made it compulsory for CBDT.

Eventually, every info about the US taxpayers from Indian financial institutions will be passed on to the revenue department & then, to the tax authorities of the US.  As per directions of FATCA, Reporting Financial Institutions (RFIs) will have to entrust report to the Reportable Accounts (RA).

Report to Reportable Accounts shall have these:

1. Name
2. Address
3. US TIN
4. Account number

Impact on NRIs Property Management:

Reporting Indian Financial Institutions (RIFIs) shall send the data of the gross interest, dividend and other income earned during calendar year. Alongside, gross proceeds drawn after selling property shall be attached in which custodian’s role was of the RIFIs. This will be a significant tip for NRIs property management. If the NRIs will have depository account, their credited amount or gross amount of interest shall be included.

Gross amount of dividend paid driven from the US or credited money will be submitted to Reporting US Financial Institutions (RUFIs). Gross interest paid shall also be included.

How this treaty will impact?

Now, the US-based NRIs must look intensely & thoroughly while depositing tax. An income free from tax in India may not be an exempted tax income in the US. It may be categorized under local tax there. Such income will be sent to Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The bad news is that many Financial Institutions in India have disallowed fresh investors from the US. And even, the US-based NRIs accounts have been closed. But Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) can no longer deny US-citizens’/NRIs investment as per strict guidelines of FATCA.

Indian tax authorities can, now, access to the assets information of the NRIs easily.  FATCA has shown a ray of hope through Black Money Act that was formed with India efforts. The NRIs, who are playing hide-n-seek with the Indian Tax authorities hiding their actual assets, will have to come in spotlight.