PFIC Compliance &
Form 8621 Filing for NRIs

Specialising inForm 8621 Filing, Section 1291 Deferral Strategy, Multi-Year Catch-Up Filing, Streamlined Compliance, Indian Mutual Fund Reporting, FBAR + PFIC Coordination, ULIP & GIFT City PFIC Review, MTM Election for Listed ETFs, Excess Distribution Calculations, Cost Basis Planning

Get your Indian mutual funds and PFIC exposure reviewed by CPAs who actually know how to calculate it.

Riya Malhotra — San Diego, CaliforniaKarthik Raman — Fremont, CaliforniaMeera Krishnan — Bellevue, WashingtonKaran Shah — New York City, New York
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Complete PFIC Compliance for
Your Indian Investments

We identify every PFIC in your portfolio, calculate the tax correctly, and file Form 8621 for the current year and any years you missed.

An InvestMates advisor reviewing PFIC compliance with an NRI couple

Every Indian mutual fund, SIP, and ELSS you hold as a US tax resident needs its own Form 8621, filed annually. We map your full portfolio and file each one correctly.

QEF and Mark-to-Market are rarely available for standard AMC mutual funds. We check which of the few real options applies, including the Section 1291 deferral that can mean $0 PFIC tax on growth-option funds you're not selling. Full mechanics in our PFIC elections guide.

Never filed before? We assess how many years are exposed and catch you up through the IRS Streamlined Program, which reduces penalties for non-willful omissions.

PFIC isn't limited to mutual funds. ULIPs and certain GIFT City fund units can qualify too. We review your full portfolio, not just the obvious holdings.

Once you're current, we help you decide whether to hold, restructure, or exit positions so next year isn't another surprise.

Where most PFIC problems begin?

Most NRIs come to us after one of these three moments, each one a Form 8621 obligation already sitting open.

You've held Indian mutual funds for years and never filed Form 8621

The most common gap we find. Most people learn about it from a friend, Reddit, or an AI assistant, never from their own preparer.

You're selling or planning to sell Indian mutual funds

Selling triggers the Section 1291 calculation, including a lookback tax on prior years, whether or not you've filed before.

You're returning to India and don't know what happens to your PFIC filings

Moving back doesn't automatically end your Form 8621 obligation, and timing your move can mean the difference between owing PFIC tax and owing nothing.

Not sure if your holdings count?

Why Most Tax Platforms Miss PFIC

Most tax platforms are built for standard US returns. Form 8621 and PFIC reporting aren't part of that.

InvestMates
TurboTax
H&R Block
FreeTaxUSA
Files Form 8621 for PFIC holdings
Expat Tax Service only
Calculates PFIC tax (Section 1291, elections)
Multi-year catch-up if you've never filed
FBAR, FATCA, and Indian ITR handled together

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A clear, step-by-step path from first call to a filed return.

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A free 20-minute call. Tell us what Indian investments you hold, we’ll tell you if PFIC applies and what it means.

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We review your full portfolio

Your specialist checks every holding against IRS PFIC rules, not just the obvious mutual funds.

What we look at on the call
Indian mutual funds and SIP holdingsULIPs and insurance-linked investmentsPrior filed returns for missed 8621sCost basis and purchase historyElection eligibility (QEF rarely available for AMC funds)

You leave with a clear plan

You know exactly which years and funds are exposed, what it costs to fix, and what election makes sense going forward.

What you walk away with
Full list of PFIC holdings and years exposedExact cost before any work beginsBest strategy for your situation, election or deferralA filing timeline in the right orderNo obligation to proceed
First call is free — no commitment required
Your advisors

Meet your PFIC compliance specialists

PFIC is one of the most commonly mishandled parts of NRI tax filing. That's why every Form 8621 filing goes through advisors who calculate it correctly the first time.

Mr. Krishnan Subramanyam
CPA · Cross-Border Tax Specialist
Mr. Krishnan Subramanyam
30+ years helping NRIs optimize US-India taxation

Krishnan has filed PFIC returns for NRIs holding everything from a single mutual fund to portfolios of fifty-plus funds. He determines which of the few real options, an MTM election, the Section 1291 default, or occasionally QEF, actually applies to your holdings, and handles multi-year catch-up filings and Streamlined Program submissions personally.

Mr. Prakash Nagrajan
Founder · CEO
Mr. Prakash Nagrajan
Former Microsoft, HCL & Accenture leader, now building InvestMates for NRIs

After a decade in the US, Prakash ran into PFIC's opaque tax traps firsthand while holding his own Indian mutual funds, and couldn't find an advisor who understood the problem. That gap is why he started InvestMates: a team NRIs can actually trust with PFIC, FBAR, and cross-border compliance, not just get pointed to a tax preparer.

Why choose us

PFIC is one of the most commonly missed and most commonly miscalculated obligations in NRI tax filing. We handle it correctly, every time.

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We calculate PFIC correctly, election or not

Most tax software and general preparers don't generate Form 8621 at all, and many don't realize a QEF election isn't even available for most Indian mutual funds. We know exactly which of the real options, Mark-to-Market, the Section 1291 default, or occasionally QEF, applies to your specific holdings, and calculate it correctly.

Why InvestMates

Built for US-Based NRIs

PFIC is one of the most commonly missed obligations in NRI tax filing. Form 8621 doesn't exist in TurboTax's Indian mutual fund flow, and most general CPAs have never filed one. We file Form 8621 for Indian mutual funds, ULIPs, and other PFIC-eligible holdings every week, for clients with a single fund and clients with fifty.

  • PFIC identification across your full portfolio, not just the obvious funds
  • Free review of past returns to check for missed Form 8621 filings
  • Transparent pricing before any work begins
PFIC compliance advisor for NRIs

Real people, real savings

See how our PFIC specialists help NRIs fix years of missed filings

Karthik Raman
Karthik Raman
Fremont, California

I'd been contributing to SIPs in India for eight years. My CPA never once asked about them. InvestMates found the gap, filed six years of catch-up through the Streamlined Program, and I paid a fraction of what I feared.

Meera Krishnan
Meera Krishnan
Bellevue, Washington

I found out about PFIC from a Reddit thread, not my own accountant. One call and they had already flagged three funds I didn’t know were a problem.

Priyanka Joshi
Priyanka Joshi
Boston, Massachusetts

I was about to sell a mutual fund I'd held for a decade. They ran the numbers first and told me it was a growth-option fund, meaning if I just held on a little longer instead of selling, I'd owe nothing this year. I didn't know that was even an option.

Karan Shah
Karan Shah
New York City, New York

My ULIP from before I moved to the US turned out to be a PFIC too. My previous CPA had never even heard of it. InvestMates caught it in the first review and filed the catch-up before it became a bigger problem.

Riya Malhotra
Riya Malhotra
San Diego, California

I'd been filing FBAR every year and assumed that covered everything. It didn't. InvestMates found the PFIC gap sitting right next to it and got both filings coordinated properly.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about PFIC compliance and Form 8621 filing

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Not sure if you have a PFIC problem?

Book a free 20-minute PFIC review. We'll tell you exactly which of your Indian investments are affected and what it costs to fix.

Get a clear picture of your PFIC exposure.

A free 20-minute review with a specialist who files Form 8621 for NRIs every week. You leave knowing exactly what's filed, what's missing, and what it costs to fix.

No obligation. No sales pitch. Just an honest read on your PFIC exposure.