Generally NRIās investor who are new towards mutual funds still ask this common question that whether they can invest in Mutual fund in India or not ?
So we will explain you step by step how NRI investment can be done in India.
The answer is āYESā. NRIās can definitely do invest in mutual fund in India.
No,only the documentation is more compare to domestic investor and special for US and Canadian NRIās investor.
No,only the documentation is more compare to domestic investor and special for US and Canadian NRIās investor.
Most of the fund house accept NRI Investment in their funds.
There are 2 types or account NRE and NRO bank account used by NRIās.These 2 types can be only used to invest.
The Non-Resident External Rupee (NRE) account freely repatriable, from which money earning in overseas can be freely transferred to the India and the Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee (NRO) account, is a non-repatriable rupee account.
So When you invest in india, definitely you want to have repatriable bank account. Soitās advisable to have NRE account for mutual funds investment.
For an NRI investment applying for mutual fund is similar to the one followed by domestic investors.
If you are a 1st time investor in mutual fund then needs to do āKYC (Know your client)ā.This is a onetime process required to invest in mutual funds.
You need to fill the KYC form and need to deposit these required documents along with it and that to deposit in CAMS or KARVY office. If you are investing through financial advisor they can help you in form fill up and submission of documentation too. Even you can courier the documentation to financial advisor and they can deposit for you.
KYC verification generally take 3-5 days .Once it get done it will visible online in their portal. You will get the alert about the registration via mail or SMS. You can check KYC status by entering your PAN in CAMS or KARVY online portal.
Recently Online KYC is started by CAMS but it is only available for domestic investor but in coming days definitely it will extended to NRIās investor too.
FATCA is also need to submit these days and itās done for all investors. Howeveritās mainly required for US investors. One has to provide information like Name, PAN number, Address, Place of birth, Country of birth, Nationality, Gross Income, Occupation, Country of residence, Tax ID number, and type.
Another easier but common method is to have someone else invest on your behalf. Mutual fund companies allow Power of Attorney (PoA) holders to invest on your behalf and take other decisions pertaining to your investments. However, signatures of both the NRI investor and PoA should be present on the KYC documents to make the investment.
NRIās from US and Canada – The compliance requirement is the US and Canada are more stringent as compared to other nations. According to FATCA guidelines, all financial institutionsĀ must share the details of financial transactions involving a USĀ person with the US Government.
If you have made the payment via a cheque then you must attach a Foreign Inward Remittance Certificate (FIRC) with it or else need to submit a letter from the bank.
Once you want to redeem ,the AMC will credit the corpus to your account after deducting required taxes. Some banks allow crediting the redemption amount directly to the NRO/NRE account
NRI investors worry aboutĀ double taxation when they invest in India. But if India has signed DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Tready) with the country like US then you can take tax relief in US.
Mutual funds in India are taxed as per the guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).Ā The returns on mutual funds are in the following two forms:
When companies have a surplus of earning, they may share the profits with their investors, and these shared profits are known as dividends.
The taxes on dividends of mutual funds are added to the individualās taxable income and taxed as per income tax slab.
When the selling price of the mutual fund is greater than that of its purchase price, it is termed as the capital gain. The capital gains are taxed differently based on the holding period and type of the mutual fund.
| Mutual Fund Type | Short Term Capital Gain | Long Term Capital Gain |
| Equity Mutual Fund | 20%(Less than 1 year) | 12.50% (Till 1.25 lakhs exempted per year) |
| Debt Fund | As per Slab Rate (Always Short Term) | As per Slab Rate (Always Short Term) |
