What is the Foreign Assets Information (FAI) report?
What details does the FAI report contain?
Part A: General Information
- Permanent Account Number (PAN)
- Name of the taxpayer
Part B: Calendar Year-specific information
- Transaction Sequence Number (TSN)
- Country where the account is reported
- Reporting financial institution
- Bank account number
- Currency in which income or payments are reported
- Dividend income and interest income
- Value converted into Indian Rupees (INR)
- Account balance in the reported currency
Why has the Income Tax Department introduced this facility?
- Increasing taxpayer awareness about foreign asset reporting.
- Improving transparency by giving taxpayers access to information received from foreign tax authorities.
- Providing a structured mechanism to submit feedback where information appears incorrect or incomplete.
- Encouraging voluntary tax compliance through greater visibility of overseas financial information.
How to download the Foreign Assets Information report?
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