Finance Budget (No.2) proposed many important changes related to NRI investments and taxation. One of the very important changes that has gone unnoticed by tax experts is that India is preparing to comply with FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ) of USA. While India has not yet signed the US-India FATCA agreement yet, India […]
In a Historical turn of events, India has reached FATCA agreement in substance with the USA and has consented to be included in the list of jurisdictions that are treated as having a Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) under Model-1 with an effective date of April 11, 2014..…THIS IS HUGE….I have been telling since last 1 year […]
We are honored to have received Two Awards at the Intuit Quickbooks Excellence Awards 2013 in association with Bloomberg TV India at Delhi on 21st November 2013. Naresh J Patel & Co, Chartered Accountants received “ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR” and for NRI Advisory received “CUSTOMER CENTRIC BUSINESS OF THE YEAR”. At the event, total of Six Excellence Awards […]
Since the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) came out in 2010, US Government has already signed Bilateral Agreements with 9 countries until June 2013. The November 8, 2012 Press Release mentioned that the US is engaged with more than 50 countries (including India) to implement FATCA. After analyzing all 9 bilateral agreements entered till […]