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Hi, I am NRI and in Germany would like to buy a flat for my mother in India. The flat costs around 40 lakh and I have all money in my HDFC NRE bank account. Can I simply send the money to my Indian brother account, so that he can tranfer the money to the seller directly and my mother can have a flat. I just want to know what would be the best scenerio to avoid any kind of hassle. Thank you
Hi Sanjeev
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Say if money transferred as "maintenance" is used in some investment, like buying a house or investing in stocks or bonds abroad, is there any rule against it? It is to be noted here that once the money is transferred to NRI account abroad, there is no control of resident Indian father, wheather under the option of "maintenance" or under the option of "gift" and therefore, common sense says, that issue is irrelevant from taxation point of view for any party. Please clarify.