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RNOR Status Calculator

Enter your return date and days in India per year. Get your likely residential status and how long your RNOR window may last.

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Step 1 of 2
Your profile and return date
The return date sets the FY timeline. Your profile controls which residency threshold applies.
When did you arrive, or will you arrive, in India?
Citizenship or origin
Your situation in the return year
Controls the day-count threshold. Most returning NRIs pick the first or last option.
Additional checks
India-source income exceeds ₹15 lakh this FY
Rent from India property, India dividends, NRO interest, India salary for services in India. Not your foreign salary or overseas income.
✓ Rental income from flat in Mumbai → Yes ✓ Dividends from Indian stocks above ₹15L → Yes ✗ Salary paid by US/UAE employer → No
Not liable to tax in any other country
What "not liable to tax" means This is stricter than paying zero tax. It means the country where you live has no personal income tax law at all. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar = genuinely not liable. If you live in the US or UK and file a return there — even if your tax bill is zero — you are still liable under their domestic law. Being exempt is not the same as not being liable.
Your country of residence has no personal income tax — not just that you personally owe zero.
✓ Living in Dubai, UAE → Yes (no income tax law) ✓ Living in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain → Yes ✗ Living in US on H1B or W-2 → No (liable to US tax) ✗ Living in UK, filing Self Assessment → No ✗ Singapore tax resident → No

Standard 60-day rule: 60+ days in India and 365+ days in the prior 4 FYs = resident.

Step 2 of 2
Days in India, year by year
Enter days physically in India per financial year (Apr 1 – Mar 31). Arrival and departure days both count.

⚙ After returning, how many days per year in India?

This determines how quickly RNOR ends. Most returning NRIs spend 250–330 days in India per year. The projection always uses the standard 60-day resident threshold for future years.

planned days per year after returning
Set your history below to see the projection.
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Resident years of preceding 10
Fill in your history below
Days past 7 FYs
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Days past 4 FYs
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Tip: if your stay pattern was the same every year, leave the toggle below off. Turn it on only if specific years were different — for example a COVID year or a year with India rental income.

My stay pattern changed year to year
Turn this on if different years had different facts — for example, COVID years when you were stuck in India, a year with India rental income above ₹15L, or an unusually long India stay.
Examples: COVID lockdown year (2020-21), job switch with long India gap, year you sold India property and had rental income above ₹15L.
Quick fill:
Financial Year
Days in India
Likely status

Try a sample scenario

Pre-fills all inputs and shows a full result. Useful if you want to see how the calculator works before entering your own data.

Expected: NRI
US resident, annual India visit
On H1B in the US for 10+ years. Makes a short trip to India each year — under 60 days. US salary only, no India rental income. Never crosses the resident threshold.
30–50 days/year historically
50 days in return FY
Visiting, income below ₹15L
Expected: RNOR
Moved back after 10 years abroad
Lived in the US or UK for 10+ years. Now permanently returning to India. Spends 220 days in the return year. Classic long-term NRI move-back — Condition A is almost always met.
5–15 days/year historically
220 days in return FY
Situation: living in India (permanent)
Expected: Deemed RNOR
Dubai resident with India rental income
Indian citizen in UAE — zero personal income tax country. Has rental income from India property above ₹15L. Visits India ~150 days/year. Crosses the deemed resident threshold under Sec 6(1A).
15–25 days/year historically
150 days in return FY
India income >₹15L + UAE = not liable to tax