I pay no tax in Dubai. Do I still pay in India?

Yes, on the gain from an Indian property sale. Your UAE residence does not remove the Indian liability. The good news is that if the property was bought before April 2001, a proper 2001 valuation usually reduces it a great deal.

The buyer wants to deduct a very large amount as tax.

That is standard for sales by people not resident in India, and it is usually far more than the actual tax due. There is a proper way to reduce it. We explain it on our TDS page.

For NRIs in the UAE: Valuing Your Indian Property

There is no income tax where you live, and that leads a lot of people to assume there is nothing to pay in India either. That is not how it works, and finding out late is expensive.

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How this works for Indians living in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the Gulf

Tax in India on an Indian property sale applies regardless of the fact that you pay no income tax in the UAE. The two are unrelated, and this is the single most common misunderstanding we correct.

Gulf time is only ninety minutes behind India, so calls are easy to arrange and we can usually speak to you the same day.

Many families in the Gulf are also sending money back for construction or purchase, and a valuation is often needed for that too.

You stay where you are

Our engineer visits the property in India, measures it, checks the construction and photographs everything. Every photograph records the date, the time and the exact location automatically, so you can see for yourself that somebody stood at your property on that day. You get the photographs the same day and the signed report by email in 48 to 72 hours.

The full process, step by step

Questions from clients in the UAE

I pay no tax in Dubai. Do I still pay in India?: Yes, on the gain from an Indian property sale. Your UAE residence does not remove the Indian liability. The good news is that if the property was bought before April 2001, a proper 2001 valuation usually reduces it a great deal.
The buyer wants to deduct a very large amount as tax.: That is standard for sales by people not resident in India, and it is usually far more than the actual tax due. There is a proper way to reduce it. We explain it on our TDS page.

Checked by Parish Rao, Chartered Engineer and Government Approved Valuer.

Page last checked on 23 August 2026.

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