Category: India Tax
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Gift City Investments by US returnees – US/India Tax & FEMA implications
Last updated – December 31, 2025 US NRIs who are non-citizens non-domiciliary of US and plan to return to India and have significant investments back in the US and don’t want to move everything to India in INR suffer from the risk of estate tax on their US investments – basically their US-situs investments >…
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FIRE Strategy by US-based NRIs planning to Return to India – Tax/FEMA considerations
Hello, and welcome. This is Abhinav. And in this video, I’m covering some, tax considerations for people who are based in US, Indian expats based in US, and who, follow the fire strategy, financial independence retire early. So, basically, it’s a strategy where, a person wants to save and invest aggressively so that, he, you…
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How to calculate Residential Status for Tax Purposes in India
A person’s residential status as per the tax law of a particular jurisdiction has a huge impact on the taxability of income of a person in that jurisdiction. Many a times, I see past tax returns of my NRI clients where incorrect residential status is mentioned and a result, they get a tax notice as…
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Should I retain my US citizenship/ Green Card on Return to India?
For families who have stayed back in the USA for a considerable time and obtained a US citizenship (USC) or a green card (GC), and now returning back to India for a better career opportunity, or taking care of parents or with an intent to retire back in India, a top of the mind question…
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Taxation of ESOP/ESPP/RSU/SAR in India
Last Updated Date – August 08, 2025 Employee Stock Option (ESOP) Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)/Restricted Stock Units (RSU)/Stock Appreciation Rights (SAR) have become one of the most common forms of executive compensation over the past decade. It started from Information technology sector and gradually spread to other sectors as well. While the 2009 change…