No. Foreign Financial Accounts ^ Reported in FBAR?^ Example* 1 Financial (deposit & custodial) accounts held at foreign financial institutions Yes Account with Indian Bank e.g. Kotak in India 2 Financial account held at a foreign branch of a U.S. financial institution Yes Account with US Bank e.g. Citi Bank in India 3 Financial account […]
Steps for FBAR Compliance: 1. List investments made in foreign countries and money in foreign accounts/investments 2. Determine which foreign financial accounts to be included for respective filing (FBAR 2) 3. Verify if FBAR is applicable based on filing status and reporting threshold (# 5, 6, 7) 4. Gather information required of each of your […]
RBI and Indian Government Agencies have made a lot of changes affecting NRIs and NRI Investments in last 8 months. I have selected 15 and have summarized them in the following table for easy understanding. 15 Important Changes affecting NRIs by RBI and Indian Government # Date Topic Detail Effect / Benefit Bank Accounts 1 10-May-12 […]