Free tool · FY 2025–26
Are you an NRI this year?
Your residential status decides what India taxes — your India income only, or your worldwide income. Answer a few questions and find out where you stand. Takes about 30 seconds.
Indicative only, based on what you entered. Part-year moves, seafarer rules, dual residence and DTAA tie-breakers can change the result — we confirm it properly in your free review.
The rules, briefly
How India decides your status
The two basic tests
You're a resident if either is true: you're in India 182 days or more this financial year; or you're here 60 days or more this year and 365 days or more across the previous four years. Fail both and you're a Non-Resident Indian (NRI).
The relaxations for NRIs and PIOs
If you're an Indian citizen who left for a job abroad, or an Indian citizen/PIO visiting India, that 60-day figure is relaxed to 182 days — so short visits don't accidentally make you a resident. The exception: an Indian citizen/PIO visitor whose India income tops ₹15 lakh is judged at 120 days, not 182.
Deemed residency
An Indian citizen with over ₹15 lakh of India income who isn't taxed anywhere (for example, living in a zero-tax country) can be a deemed resident regardless of days — but is classed as RNOR, so foreign income stays out of the Indian net.
Resident → ROR or RNOR
If you are a resident, you're RNOR (the lighter status) if you were a non-resident in 9 of the last 10 years, or in India 729 days or fewer over the last 7 years. Otherwise you're ROR, and your worldwide income is taxable in India.
Questions
Residential status, answered
How is NRI residential status decided?
Under Section 6 of the Income-tax Act, you're a resident if you're in India 182+ days in the year, or 60+ days in the year with 365+ days across the prior four years. For Indian citizens and PIOs the 60-day figure is often relaxed to 182 (or 120 for high India-income visitors). Miss both tests and you're an NRI.
What's the difference between NRI, RNOR and ROR?
An NRI is taxed only on India income. An RNOR is a resident but still only taxed on India income (foreign income stays out) — a transitional status lasting 2–3 years after return. An ROR is taxed on worldwide income in India.
Why does RNOR matter so much?
Because for 2–3 years after you move back, your foreign salary, pension, rent, dividends and gains generally stay outside Indian tax. Planning your return date around it (often arriving in the second half of the financial year) can extend the window.
Is the result final?
No — it's an indicative estimate. Part-year arrivals, seafarer rules, and dual residence resolved under a DTAA tie-breaker can all change it. We confirm your exact status, and file accordingly, in your free review.
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