If you are an NRI returning to India for good or an Indian going abroad, you need to be aware that you need to pay tax on your foreign income (earned outside India a.k.a global income) if you come before February 1st or leave after September 28th. Taxation in India depends upon individuals residential status. An Indian citizen, who is NRI for a financial year i.e. from 1st April to 31st March is not required to pay tax on their global income but if his residential status is Resident and Ordinarily Resident (R) then his global income is also taxable. In order to attain NRI status, you need to stay more than 182 days outside India, remember the arrival and departure dates are also counted as stay in India.
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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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