30 October 2021
For fiscal year 2020, I qualify as NRI for tax purposes. I have returned now to India. I worked abroad during 2020 and remitted back my foreign savings in rupees to my own Indian account. Using these remittances as source, I invested in many mutual funds in India through the fiscal year. For 2020, I have no taxable income in India but to explain the 'source of funds' for my mutual fund investments on the IT Compliance e verification portal, can I select "Out of earlier income or savings" as the appropriate response? - If yes, what supporting documents should I have available? - If no, what other response option can I select for "Source of Investments and Taxable Income" category?
30 October 2021
Dhirajlalji, thank you so much for your prompt response. For bank transfer documentation, if I show my Indian account statement (for 2020) with remittances received from abroad, will that be the correct document proof?
30 October 2021
Ok, thank you. I will then download the remittance transaction details that shows the sender and receiver information for each remittance on the remittance service provider site.