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Laid Off on H‑1B in 2025? Here’s Your Comprehensive Financial and Exit Planning Guide if You Must Return to India
Introduction Being laid off while on an H-1B visa has always been a high-stress situation. But in 2025, that stress has amplified due to significant changes in the U.S. political landscape, a growingly restrictive immigration environment, and mass layoffs within the tech and federal sectors. With the reinstatement of Trump-era policies under a new administration,…
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Trading in US Futures and Options after Return to India
With the increasing participation of Indian-origin investors in US markets via platforms like Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade, and Charles Schwab, a common query arises when these individuals return to India permanently: Can they continue to trade in US futures and options (F&O) contracts after return to India? And what are the regulatory, tax, and compliance…
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Gift of Funds by Indian Parent to U.S. Resident Children: India & US Tax & FEMA implications
Last Updated on – July 23, 2025 The cross-border movement of funds between Indian parents and their children residing in the United States often appears simple at first glance. After all, if the transfer is a gift, there is no tax in either India or the U.S., right? Unfortunately, it’s not that straightforward. With India’s…
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Sale of inherited Indian property by US Resident
For many Indian-origin families living in the United States, the question of what to do with inherited property in India is both common and complex. If your spouse has inherited property in India and intends to sell it, it’s critical to understand the cross-border tax and FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) rules that apply. This…
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Checklist for keeping 401k back in US on return to India
Video transcript below (auto-transcription may contain errors): Hello, and welcome. This is Abhinav. So in this video, I’m, discussing a short checklist, on people who return from US, and they want to keep their 4 one k alive after you after their return, maybe till age 59.5. Right? So, short checklist on that. Now this…
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US LLC qualifies as a US resident under India-US DTAA & eligible for treaty benefits: ITAT
Video transcript below (auto-transcription may cause some errors): Okay. Hello and welcome. This is Abhinav. And, in this video, I am, trying to capture, my learnings from a very, very important judgment that has come, by the ITAT. And this is the ITAT Delhi bench. Very recent judgment that is, like, 5th September 2024, where…
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Common NRI misconceptions/confusions – Part 1
Video transcript (auto-transcription can cause some errors): Hello, and welcome. In this video, I’m, talking about certain, common, NRI financial confusions and misconceptions that I come across in, the various in the forums that I participate in, answer the questions, and in dealing with the clients. Right? So I’ve just listed down some. It’s not…
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Keeping investments back in US on return to India – US/India Tax & FEMA implications
Video transcript below (auto-transcription can cause some errors): Welcome. In this video, I’m talking about, some points, that a person needs to keep in mind, who is returning from US but wants to keep his investments in US. So, at the outside, just, want to clarify that this is mostly what this video I have…
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Vested RSU from US co. & held by Indian resident – Hold or sell?
Video transcript below (note that auto transcript can cause some errors): RSU ESOP ESPP, which is received which you receive from US company. So a lot of Indian residents, and professionals, employees of Indian companies now do start receiving a compensation, a part of the compensation as the shares in terms of RSUs or ESOPs…
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US Tax Traps for Indian residents moving to US -Part 1
Video transcript below (auto-transcription can cause errors): Hi. This is Abhinav, and, in this video, I’m cup covering, US tax traps that, Indians who are moving to US, they need to know. Now there are lot of such tax traps, from whatever I could think of, in this slide I have put it, but, since…