NRI capital gains on Indian property — free calculator
Compares the deduction the buyer must make on the consideration against the tax actually arising on the gain.
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Compares the deduction the buyer must make on the consideration against the tax actually arising on the gain.
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An estimate for planning only. Rates and thresholds used here are the assumptions stated on this page; we confirm every figure against the issuing authority for your own tax year before anything is filed.
How the estimate is built
On an Indian property sale by a non-resident the buyer must deduct tax computed on the whole consideration rather than on the gain, so on a long-held property the deduction is a multiple of the real liability. The certificate application, made before closing with the cost evidence and the computation, sets the deduction at the actual tax. Afterwards the money sits with the department until a return recovers it.
Where to go from here
A calculator narrows the range; it does not settle a filing. Describe the situation in your own words; translating it into forms is our job.
Reviewed for accuracy for the 2025 and 2026 filing seasons by Udit Gupta, Cross-Border Tax Expert, Legal Quotient Consultants. Published as general information. For a position on your own file, call the 24-hour helpline.
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Cross-border situations we are engaged for
An inherited flat sold where the buyer withheld on the consideration
The seller had inherited a property and expected the deduction to follow the gain, which on inherited property is not how the buyer's obligation works. We established the cost position and prepared the computation, then set out for the seller and the buyer what the deduction obligation was and what could change it. The engagement produced a documented gain computation, an application for a certificate before completion, and a closing at which the amount withheld reflected the tax arising rather than the sale consideration.
Certificate obtained before closing so the deduction matched the gain
A long-held apartment was being sold at many times its original price, so the deduction computed on the consideration would have held back a large multiple of the real liability. We assembled the acquisition and improvement evidence, built the computation and applied before the sale completed. The engagement produced a certificate that set the deduction at the tax actually arising, so the seller left the closing with the funds rather than waiting for a return to recover them.
Cost of improvement evidenced from decade-old builder records
The gain looked far larger than it was because the improvement expenditure could not be evidenced and the cost being claimed had nothing behind it. The work was to trace the builder, the payments and the contemporaneous records, and to rebuild the expenditure into a computation that could be supported. The engagement produced a documented cost base, a gain computation resting on it, and an application made on that footing rather than on a figure the seller could only assert.
Recovering an over-deduction through the return after completion
The seller came to us after closing, with tax already deducted on the consideration and paid over. We prepared the cost evidence and the computation that a certificate application would have required, then filed the return that establishes the gain and the tax properly due. The engagement produced a filed return with the supporting documentation attached, a claim for the excess held, and a written record of the position in case the computation is examined before the money is released.
Two joint owners abroad with separate computations on one sale
A property held by two non-resident owners in unequal shares was being sold, and one owner had paid for the improvement work alone. Treating the sale as a single computation would have misallocated both the cost and the tax. We computed each owner's gain on their own share and their own expenditure, and prepared an application for each. The engagement produced two supported computations, two applications on the same timetable, and a closing statement that allocated the withheld amounts correctly between them.
A sale timetable rearranged so the certificate came before the money
The seller had agreed a completion date before any of the cost documentation had been located, leaving no time for a certificate application. We set out what the withholding on the consideration would mean for the cash at closing against what a short delay would achieve, and the parties moved the date. The engagement produced the assembled cost file, the application made ahead of the revised completion, and a deduction at closing based on the computed gain instead of the sale price.
An NRI Selling Indian Property With Tax Withheld on the Price
Withholding on a sale by a non-resident is applied to the sale value rather than to the gain, so it routinely exceeds the tax due. A lower-deduction certificate obtained before completion avoids locking the difference up until a return is assessed.
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