Sir, I was a NRI for last 14 years and in June 2022 I permanently returned back to India after job contract finished and i qualified as RNOR for FY 2022-23, upon returning in June 2022 I closed all my NRE FD and opened resident FD. Is the interest earned upto June 2022 in NRE FD s are taxable as RNOR

Ans: Person cannot avail the exemption under section 10(4)(ii) of the Act and the NRE interest income earned for the entire year shall become taxable till the time the account is operational. Further, the taxable interest earned from the NRE account will be eligible for deduction of up to Rs 10,000 (for savings interest only), under section 80TTA and up to INR 50,000 (for senior citizens) under section 80TTB of the Act.

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