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- An 8% Yield or the 4.7% Rule.Two ways to draw income from savings, and what each one costs
- Your old 401(k): move it while you still have a US address.The account you stopped checking, and what it costs to leave it there
- Selling an inherited flat: a gain in India, a loss on your US return.The Property File, Part 2 of 2 · The inherited sale: heirship, carryover cost, and the $1 million ceiling
- Selling India property: the buyer withholds 14.95% of the sale price.The Property File, Part 1 of 2 · The self-owned sale: title, withholding, indexation, and the wire home
- What “tax-free” means when you file a 1040The GIFT City Files, Part 3 of 3 · The Tax Verdict · The Playbook Verdict debuts
- What your dollars can actually buy in GIFT City.The GIFT City Files, Part 2 of 3 · The Menu and the Door · The Missing Insurance
- India built a foreign country inside its own borders.The GIFT City Files, Part 1 of 3 · What Gandhinagar Is For · August Visa Bulletin
- The FCNR trade, after tax.What the 13.8% posters leave out · Real returns for a New Jersey and a Florida filer
- Your parents are visiting. Their insurance probably won’t pay.Fixed-Benefit vs. Comprehensive · The Pre-Existing Trap · We analyze the fine print so you don’t have to.
- India is paying up for your dollars.The FCNR(B) Repricing · The Leverage Trap · The September 30 Deadline
- The Indian mutual funds you didn't know you owned.The PFIC Trap · Joint Folios · Form 8621
- The rate on Google is not the rate you get.The Transfer Showdown · Rupee Watch · The Rundown