Blogs

Four pieces on the mechanics of investing in India as a non-resident: the accounts, the tax, getting money out again, and what a portfolio management service requires. Each was checked against its source on the date it carries, and each says when it is next due for review.

• Accounts

  NRE and NRO Accounts: Which One Your Money Should Sit In

  The account you use decides how easily the money leaves India again. That is the whole difference, and it is worth getting right before you invest anything.

• Tax

  How Indian Investments Are Taxed for a Non-Resident

  Rates, holding periods, tax deducted at source, and the part most people miss: being taxed in two countries at once.

• Repatriation

  Taking Money Out of India: What Repatriation Actually Involves

  The limit is USD 1 million a financial year from NRO funds, and nothing moves until the tax position is certified.

• Portfolio management

  Portfolio Management Services and Non-Residents: What the Rules Require

  What SEBI requires, what FEMA adds, and the one structural feature that affects a non-resident more than a resident.