87 Year Old New NRI , Cant Travel , Cant Sign any more

My Father is 87 Year Old , He has Parkinson , so he cant even sign . I moved him abroad with me as his situation was getting worst day by day .

He has 2 Bank Accounts ( 1 more pension  ( joint with my mother ) and 1 for stock dividends ) in India . He also has 1 demat/trading account . Problem is as his signature dont match the file and he can travel to India , we are not able to convert the accounts to NRO .

I was thinking of filing his next year  tax return as NRI , but the AIS would have all the interest / dividend / stock sale as Resident . What should i do , Pls suggest.

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An 87-year-old father with Parkinson's, unable to travel or sign, has moved abroad with his child. He has Indian bank and demat accounts that need to be converted to NRO status, but his inability to sign and travel is causing issues. The main concern is how to correctly file his tax return as an NRI when his Indian accounts might still be reported as resident, potentially impacting his tax obligations.

You need to select correct residential status as NRI in ITR while filing.

Though as per FEMA, you are required to convert accounts to Nro but income tax act is fine with it. You just have to declare residential status correctly and pay taxes as Nri. Doesn't matter if ais / tds has details reported as resident.

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