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NRI status and tax.
Your residential status decides whether India taxes only what you earn here or everything you earn anywhere. It is decided by days, not by passport or by where your employer sits.
April to March. Count both the day you arrive and the day you leave.
Indian citizen or of Indian origin
Rent, NRO interest, gains, salary for work done here. Not NRE interest, and not what you earn abroad.
For this tax year you are
Non-resident.
90 days is below 182. India taxes only what you earn here. Interest on NRE deposits is tax free; NRO interest is taxed.
- Tax on Indian income
- ₹10,400
- Rebate
- Not for NRIs
- Second day test
- 182 days
How it adds up
- Days in India this year90
- then182 days or more?No
- then182+ days, and 365 in the 4 yrs before?No
- equalsYour statusNRI
90 days is below 182.
What this assumes
The day-count tests, the ₹15 lakh Indian-income rules and deemed residency, as carried into the Income-tax Act, 2025. Tax is on Indian income only, in the new regime, with no rebate for non-residents. Interest on NRE deposits is tax free and is not Indian income here. Working remotely for a foreign company while living in India makes you a resident, taxed on all of it.
Rules and rates from
Education only, not investment, tax or legal advice. I am not a SEBI-registered investment adviser.
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