Real Estate Sales
It seems in your case that the buyer was not informed of the fact that the seller is a NRI and this is what most of the brokers do and keep the buyer in dark about it. Since the property is in India, you have to file your tax return in India and pay tax in India and show it as tax paid in your return in foreign country like USA where you have to declare your global income and pay tax as per tax treaty between India and US. You will get credit for tax paid in India, but you have to first pay tax in India. more