ITR filing for NRIs and returning Indians
You live outside India, or you moved back during the year.
Form: ITR-2, or ITR-3 where there is business income in India
What is included
- Residential status determined on the day count, including the RNOR position
- Indian-source income identified and reported correctly
- Double taxation relief examined under the relevant treaty
- TDS on property sale or rent reconciled and refunds claimed where over-deducted
- Draft computation sent to you for approval before filing
What we need from you
Send what you have. If something on this list is missing we will tell you which item it is, rather than leaving you to work it out.
- Passport pages showing entry and exit dates for the year
- Details of Indian bank accounts (NRE, NRO, savings)
- Rental income and TDS certificates for Indian property
- Capital gains statements for Indian investments
- Tax residency certificate from your country of residence, if claiming treaty relief
Residential status is decided by a day count, not by where you feel you live
Everything about an NRI return follows from residential status, and status is a purely arithmetic test on days physically present in India. Get the count wrong and the entire return is wrong — not just a figure, but which income is taxable at all. The trap is the RNOR category in between: a returning Indian is frequently Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident for two years, during which foreign income stays outside the Indian net. People who assume they became fully resident the day they landed pay tax they did not owe. We start with the passport, every time.
How it works
- 1 Send your documents
WhatsApp them, email them, or walk into the office. We will tell you exactly what is missing rather than leaving you to guess.
- 2 We review and compute
We reconcile everything against AIS and Form 26AS, and calculate both tax regimes so you file under the lower one.
- 3 You approve the computation
You get the draft in plain language, with the figures explained. Nothing is filed until you say yes.
- 4 We file and send the acknowledgement
Filed within 24 to 48 hours of your approval, with the ITR-V acknowledgement delivered to you.
Questions we get asked
I sold property in India and the buyer deducted a lot of TDS. Can I get it back?
Frequently yes. TDS on an NRI property sale is deducted on the sale value, not the gain, so the deduction is often far higher than the actual tax. Filing is how you recover the difference.
Do I have to file if my only Indian income is NRE interest?
NRE interest is exempt while you are an NRI, so there may be no filing obligation. But NRO interest is taxable, and many people have both.
I returned to India this year. Which status applies?
Depends on the day count and your history of the previous ten years. Send us the passport stamps and we will work it out.
Ready when you are
Send your documents on WhatsApp and we will tell you what is missing and what it will cost, before any work starts.