Practice area

NRI and cross-border tax

Residential status, Indian-source income and remittance papers.

Indian income-tax work for non-residents, returning Indians and residents with foreign income or assets. Advice on another country's tax law should be taken from an adviser qualified in that country.

Which Act? The Income-tax Act, 2025 applies from 1 April 2026 (tax year 2026-27 onwards). Returns, audits and proceedings for FY 2025-26 and earlier years continue under the Income-tax Act, 1961. What changes.

What the work covers

  • Residential status for the year, from travel dates and facts produced
  • Tax on Indian-source income of non-residents
  • Income-tax returns for NRIs and returning Indians
  • Schedule FA reporting of foreign assets by residents
  • Relief under a tax treaty (DTAA) and foreign-tax credit, from the treaty text and documents produced
  • Foreign-remittance certificate in Form 146 (formerly Form 15CB)
  • TDS on payments to non-residents (section 393 of the 2025 Act; section 195 of the 1961 Act for earlier payments)

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