Power of Attorney for Bank Account Form

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Convert your bank savings account into an NRO accountWhy: Because the Reserve Bank of India says so in its circular: RBI/2007-2008/242 Master Circular No. 03 /2007- 08.What is an NRO account: An NRO account is like your regular bank savings account but has certain restrictions. In this account you can deposit your rupee earnings from India such as rent, interest, dividends etc. You can also deposit funds from abroad that are in the form of freely convertible foreign currency. You can issue cheques for all local payments, EMIs or investments through this account.Repatriation: You can repatriate (that is transfer to a bank account outside India) all current income such as rent, interest, dividends etc that you earned in India. Apart from that, if you made any capital account transactions like sale of property or investments, and if you got the sale proceeds in the NRO account, you can repatriate up to $1 million per calendar year. However, you would need to produce a certificate from your chartered accountant declaring that all taxes on the funds have been paid. Only then will the banker permit the repatriation.Interest rates and taxabilityInterest rates and taxability: The interest will be the similar to the interest on a regular savings bank account, that is, around 3%. The interest will be taxable and tax will be deducted at source at the rate of 30.9%.How to convert: Visit your bank branch and fill up the required forms. You would need to submit two photographs, a copy of your passport and copy of your visa.Already moved abroad? If you have already moved abroad without completing this formality, you can get copies of all your documents attested by the Indian Embassy or Notary and send them to the branch.2. Close your existing demat account, open an NRO demat account and open a new demat under PINSWhy: Sandeep Shanbhag, Director, Wonderland Investments and an expert on NRI matters explains, "An NRI has certain restrictions when it comes to investing in Indian equities. For instance, an NRI cannot invest more than 5% in the paid up capital of an Indian company. In order to keep track of these restrictions, the RBI requires you to make these changes in your demat accounts."For your existing shares: As an NRI you cannot continue to operate your regular demat account. Your existing demat account, which holds shares that you purchased while you were a resident Indian, will have to be closed and you would need to transfer the shares to an NRO demat account.You can continue to hold these shares or sell them. If you sell them, the proceeds are credited to the NRO savings account and there are restrictions on repatriation. That is, you can repatriate up to USD 1 million per calendar year (including all other capital account remittances) but you would need a certificate from your chartered accountant as mentioned earlier.For buying shares as an NRIFor buying shares as an NRI: If you want to buy shares as an NRI, you would need to open a demat account under the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PINS). In this demat, you can buy shares with funds in your NRE account and sale proceeds can be credited to NRE account for repatriation. If you choose to buy the shares on non-repatriable basis, then, the proceeds will be credited to the NRO account.You must maintain two separate demat accounts for repatriable and non-repatriable shares. Recently, the RBI also specified that an NRE must have a separate account linked to the PINS demat account. It cannot be the NRO or NRE account through which other routine transactions are conducted. Once you become a resident again, you must close the PINS account.How to do this: Your demat service provider will be able to help you with all of the above. You would need to submit documents such as passport and visa to do the same.3. Give power of attorney to someone in IndiaWhy: It is just operationally easier if you have someone you trust manage your bank accounts and other financial transactions for you.What transactions are covered: A power of attorney can be given to mange almost all your financial matters including operating bank accounts, buying and selling real estate, renting out your property, signing your tax forms, issuing cheques from your account etc.What is not covered: A POA holder cannot open bank accounts on your behalf. He can only operate bank accounts once they are opened. Further, according to RBI's circular RB/2004-05/394 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 37 a resident holder of POA cannot repatriate funds outside of India. He can only repatriate funds to the foreign bank account of the account holder.How to make a power of attorneyHow to make a power of attorney: The operational word here is 'trust'. Remember that power of attorney is like giving someone the key to your locker. So only assign it to someone you trust completely. Having said that, there are two types of power of attorneys: a general POA and a specific POA. A generally power of attorney gives sweeping rights to the holder to conduct a broad number of transactions on your behalf, such as banking transactions, real estate transactions.The specific power of attorney is more restrictive in that each power of attorney defines a specific scope such as power to rent property, power to issue cheques on your behalf etc., thus implying greater safety. Make sure you contact a lawyer to do this the right way. Submit attested copies to the concerned service providers such as mutual fund house or bank.4. Open an NRE account if you may have substantial repatriation requirementsWhy: Because an NRE account can offer certain benefits over the NRO account for those who might have repatriation requirements. While it is possible to open an NRE account even from abroad, it is operationally difficult. So you may as well open it before you leave.What is an NRE Account: You can open an NRE savings account, current account or fixed deposit. You can deposit your funds from abroad into NRE savings accounts. You cannot deposit local earnings like rent, interest, dividends into this account but you can use NRE funds for making local rupee payments. You can also use these funds for investment purposes, the sale considerations of which you want to repatriate.RepatriationRepatriation: You can repatriate any amount of any kind from the NRE accounts. There is no restriction, ceiling or chartered accountant certificate needed.Interest rates and taxability: On your NRE savings account you can earn an interest of around 3% while on the NRE fixed deposit, you can earn between 2-4% depending on the tenure. Interest on NRE accounts, whether savings or fixed deposit, is tax free.How to open: The procedure is the same as with NRO accountAlready moved abroad: Again, follow the same procedure as with NRO account.For any Legal and Accounting support, Happy to help you, let us talk at Wazzeer.com

I want to believe that most banks nowadays have made the process of opening bank account, which used to be cumbersome, less cumbersome. All you need to do is to approach the bank, collect the form, and fill. However if you have any difficulty in filling it, you can always call on one of the banks rep to help you out.

First, it depends on what the terms of the Durable Power of Attorney state; if it's a general grant of financial authority, then the attorney-in-fact can do anything that you could do with a check written out to you, including depositing it in their own bank account.  Such an act may or may not violate the fiduciary duty that an attorney-in-fact owes to the party they are representing; if you believe that a fraud has occurred under color of the Power of Attorney, you should seek competent legal advice from a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.

Follow the step by step process for filling up the Andhra Bank account opening form.Download Account Opening FormIf you don't want to read the article, watch this video tutorial or continue the post:Andhra Bank Account Opening Minimum Balance:The minimum amount required for opening Savings Account in Andhra Bank isRs. 150Andhra Bank Account Opening Required Documents:Two latest passport size photographsProof of identity - Passport, Driving license, Voter’s ID card, etc.Proof of address - Passport, Driving license, Voter’s ID card, etc. If temporary address and permanent address are different, then both addresses will have to submitted.PAN cardForm 16 (only if PAN card is not available)See More Acceptable Documents for Account OpeningNow Finally let's move to filling your Andhra Bank Account Opening Form:Step 1:Step 2:Read More…

How To Fill Axis Bank Account Closure FormTo close your axis bank account, first you have to download the bank account closure form then submit it to your bank branch.Click the link and download the form:http://bit.ly/accntclosurepdfAfter downloading the account closure form, you have to fill up exactly as I have show below with detail. Kindly go through the filled form below and after filling the form, take all the kit like credit card, debit card, passbook and etc and submit it to your bank with the filled form.Source: How To Fill Axis Bank Account Closure Form

Follow the step by step process for filling up the Allahabad Bank account opening form.Download Account Opening FormIf you don't want to read the article, watch this video tutorial or continue the post:Allahabad Bank Account Opening Minimum Balance:The minimum amount required to open a savings account is as follows: The minimum balance to open an account in rural and sub-urban branches isRs.500The minimum balance to open an account in all other branches isRs.1,000For issue of cheque book, an additional Rs.100 is to be paid in rural and sub-urban branches.Allahabad Bank Account Opening Required Documents:Two latest passport size photographsProof of identity - Passport, Driving license, Voter’s ID card, etc.Proof of address - Passport, Driving license, Voter’s ID card, etc. If temporary address and permanent address are different, then both addresses will have to submitted.PAN cardForm 16 (only if PAN card is not available)Step 1:Continue Reading…

Note: I am not an attorney. Even if I were an attorney, I am not your attorney. This is merely the opinion of a fairly savvy Citizen. It is not legal advice. If you want legal advice hire an actual attorney. In the U.S.A. "signing" something like a Power of Attorney electronically is generally not enforcable* because many (most?) Courts require that the authorizing of them usually requires a "wet" signature which has been signNowd. You could try it but, because they are such powerful documents, almost any court (or business for that matter) will require that the signature be signNowd before allowing them to be enforced and used.In fact many businesses simply have a policy of not recognizing them without a confirming court order as well. This is especially true in health care.This is mainly because the business wants to make damned sure that any liability for errors or misunderstandings lies with someone other than the business. *Note that "not enforcable" =/= "illegal" (or even sick hawk).There's no law preventing you from doing it.  It's just completely pointless; because if you complete the Power of Attorney electronically anybody who knows anything about law or contracts or fiduciary duty will simply ignore it... along with any instructions you might try to give them under it.Do yourself a favor by getting an attorney and doing it right.

Good preparation can help. I had sole power of attorney for my mother-in-law; when she had to move into a care home we made sure that her finances were as simple as possible and moved all her cash into her current account, them made that a joint account with her and me as signatories. The moment she died the power of attorney ceased, but because her bank account was joint, it couldn’t be frozen, which meant that I had access to enough funds to pay for the funeral and the inheritance tax. A few weeks before she died, she was moved to a nursing home for end-of-life care - as we knew it was only a matter of time, I was able to start filling out the inheritance tax forms before she died (I was sole executor of her will); all I had to do afterwards was ask for a valuation of her share portfolio from her stockbroker, complete the forms and send them off. I had calculated the amount of inheritance tax due - I’m pleased to say that there was only a 3 pence difference between my calculation and that of HMRC :-) The whole process from her death to being granted probate took about 7–8 weeks, but if someone has complicated finances or dies intestate, it can take much longer.

Some states require that a bank accept a power of attorney under certain circumstances. In states that do not have such a requirement, a bank may decline to honor a power of attorney at its discretion.

Although third parties do sometimes refuse to honor an Agent's authority under a POA agreement, in most cases that refusal is not legal. ... In that case, the law allows you to collect attorney's fees if the third party unreasonably refused to accept the POA.

The POA Is \u201cStale\u201d Even if you've done everything right and the bank should recognize you as the agent and give you access to your loved one's bank accounts, it still may refuse to do so because the document is \u201ctoo old.\u201d

Some banks provide power-of-attorney forms, but they cannot “do" them for you; you must fill in and sign the document before it is effective.

Although third parties do sometimes refuse to honor an Agent's authority under a POA agreement, in most cases that refusal is not legal. ... In that case, the law allows you to collect attorney's fees if the third party unreasonably refused to accept the POA.