What is the importance of Disclose foreign Assets in ITR?

AN Posted by: Anika Nair
• 23 September, 2025
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The importance of disclosing Foreign Assets in the ITR is: 

  • More Transparency: providing your foreign assets in the Income Tax returns helps the government to track and maintain all the records of global income, and ensures each taxpayer is paying tax according to the rules and regulations of the Income Tax department. 
     
  • Get Tax Credits and DTAA benefits: reporting your foreign assets also helps you to get a tax claim that you paid in a foreign country by filing a Schedule TR (tax relief), and get the benefits of a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. 
     
  • Helps to avoid penalties: Filing your foreign assets in your ITR helps you to stay away from the Income Tax department notices and penalties. The person who has not disclosed his/ her foreign assets in the ITR is liable to pay a penalty of INR 10 lakhs. 
     
  • Legal Compliance: According to the Black Money Act, 2015, it is essential to mention your foreign assets in the ITR, like foreign bank accounts, property, or any other assets in the schedule FA for disclosing foreign assets, and INterests, dividends, and foreign capital gains in the schedule FSI, which means Foreign sources income. 

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  • Gauri Saxena 29 September, 2025

    I have filled in all my foreign assets in my Income Tax return, which helps me to get the benefit of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and get my foreign country tax paid claim. By filing foreign assets, it also helps the government to ensure transparency and to track all the taxpayers' tax liabilities easily. 

  • Bhavna Desai 28 September, 2025

    In the Income Tax report, resident Individuals, HUFs, beneficial owners, and beneficiaries of foreign assets need to report foreign assets in their Income Tax report. 

  • Charvi Choudhary 25 September, 2025

    What is the process to declare foreign assets in the Income Tax returns? 

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      Devika Mishra 26 September, 2025

      To declare your foreign assets in your ITR, you need to follow the steps given below: 

      • First, you need to identify the type of foreign asset, like any financial instrument, real estate, stocks, bank account, etc. 
      • Then you need to fill out the schedule FA, in which you need to enter your details like name, currency code, zip code, address, and name of the foreign institution, account number, etc. 
      • Now, you need to provide the information on your opening balance, closing balance, and highest balance in the accounting year of Indian and foreign currency. 
      • Now you need to report your earned or any invested income from sale or redemption in an accounting year and report it in both Indian currency and foreign currency. 

       

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