One of the common doubt among NRIs who are filing their income tax returns in India is to whether to declare foreign bank accounts and assets or not. I often receive comments and questions whether it's mandatory for an NRI to disclose the foreign bank account details and an asset on income tax returns? The short answer is No. It's not mandatory for an NRI to disclose or mention its foreign bank account details while filing income tax returns in India, but you need to be sure about your residential status.
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Recently one of my readers asked me that he wants to invest some money on NRE fixed deposits but confused on whether to go for foreign banks like Citibank, DBS, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank or Indian banks like ICICI, Kotak, HDFC, SBI, Axis Bank or Union Bank? I asked him, whether he has any existing NRE saving account , he says he doesn't have any existing NRE saving account? Then I ask him what is more important for you? the interest rate or convenience? and his answer was the interest rate. Read more »
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