Indian taxes, sorted from anywhere on earth.

If your India-sourced income — rent, NRO interest, capital gains — exceeds the basic exemption limit, yes. And even below it, if TDS was deducted and you want it back, filing is how you claim the refund. Many NRIs file purely to recover excess TDS on NRO interest or a property sale, which is often substantial.

Primarily by the number of days you were present in India — the 182-day rule, with a 60/365-day variant and special carve-outs for certain incomes and returning residents. We compute it from your passport stamps rather than assumptions, because your entire tax position, and whether income like NRE interest is exempt, follows from that status.

No. Interest on NRE and FCNR deposits is exempt while you qualify as a non-resident under FEMA. NRO interest, by contrast, is fully taxable, and the high TDS deducted on it is frequently more than you owe — recovering that excess as a refund is the most common NRI filing we handle.

India’s Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements stop the same income being taxed fully in both countries, through lower rates or a credit for tax paid abroad. You claim it with a Tax Residency Certificate from your country and Form 10F, both of which we prepare and file alongside your return. Whether it helps depends on your country and income type, which we assess first.

Talk to us before signing the sale agreement. The buyer must deduct TDS under Section 195, often on the full sale value, which can tie up a large amount until you file and reclaim it. With a Section 197 lower-TDS certificate arranged in advance, we can often cut that deduction to your actual tax instead of your waiting a year for a big refund.

Yes — the entire process is remote. You upload documents to an encrypted vault, we hold calls scheduled in your evening hours, you approve the computation online, and we file and e-verify on your behalf. There is no need to visit India or to send family members to an office. A single expert stays with you throughout.

Filing your Indian return is the mechanism. We compute your actual liability, credit all the TDS already deducted, and the difference is refunded to your account. On NRO interest and property sales the deduction is usually far above your real tax, so the refund is often significant — and we track it until it reaches your bank.

Depending on the year, we can regularise it — often through an updated return (ITR-U) within the 48-month window — so your Indian record is clean for banks, embassies and future transactions. Missed years are common among NRIs, and setting them right is usually straightforward once we reconstruct the income from your statements.

Yes. On return you may become RNOR (Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident) for a transition period, during which foreign income is generally still not taxed in India. Planning these years properly can save a great deal, so we map your status and what becomes taxable and when, rather than leaving it to chance.

Yes. Documents are stored encrypted in your vault, used only to prepare your return, and never shared. You can request deletion after filing. All handling follows India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, and given the sensitivity of NRI financial data, confidentiality is treated as central to the service.