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Written to be useful whether or not you ever hire us
Long reads, each trying to be the best thing on the internet about its subject. Three families so far: selling Indian property from abroad, returning to India for good, and running a business here. More are being written.
Selling Indian property
What actually happens to your money when you sell Indian property as an NRI
From the first conversation with a buyer to the funds reaching your bank abroad, the sale of Indian property by a non-resident follows a fixed sequence — and the most expensive mistakes happen before the deed is signed.
The lower-deduction certificate: what it is, when to apply, and why most people find out too late
One document decides whether a non-resident seller receives most of the sale price now or waits a year for a refund — and it only works if it exists before the money moves.
Selling a house you inherited: how the gain is actually computed
The cost of an inherited house is not zero, the holding period is not yours alone, and the exemptions only work if they are planned before the deed — here is the computation from first principles.
Returning to India
Coming home: the tax years that decide everything
How Indian tax residence is counted for a returning NRI, what “not ordinarily resident” really means, and why the date on your ticket is part of the arithmetic.
What happens to the money you built abroad
What returning NRIs may keep under FEMA, how NRE, NRO and RFC accounts change on return, why foreign pensions are difficult, and when Indian reporting begins.
Running a business here
The filing is the easy part
Advance tax, capital gains, notices and appeals — why the year-round income-tax work matters more than the return itself.
CFO-level thinking, before you can afford a CFO
Most growing firms cannot justify a full-time CFO and still face CFO-sized decisions — what a fractional engagement actually delivers, and when it starts to pay.
General information is where it starts. Your facts are where it matters.
Every matter has its own version of the deed date — the one fact that decides which doors are still open. A sale date, a notice deadline, a return date, the day you land back in India. Send us yours, and we will tell you what it changes.
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