For Indians living in Germany and NRIs
Money, explained for Indians abroad.
Learn how money works across India and Germany, free. Check your own numbers with free tools, most of which run in your browser. When you're ready, file with confidence.
No account needed.
Three free steps
- Step 1: LearnNo account
Short lessons on money across India and Germany, every figure with its source.
- Step 2: CheckFree
The 2-minute Money Health Check runs in your browser.
- Step 3: See your own numbersOptional
Income and spending in EUR and INR, from statements you choose to upload.
Each step is useful on its own.
Learn it free, one track at a time.
- 1 item
Basics
Emergency funds, savings rate, FIRE: the ideas behind every money check. - 1 item
Living in Germany
Rent, loans, insurance and a safety net in euros. - 1 item
NRI in India
Money that stays in India: accounts, transfers and the rupee in your plans. - 5 items
Taxes in both countries
How income in one country can matter in the other's tax return.
Free tools, no account needed.
- Money Health CheckFive questions, two minutes: emergency cover, savings rate, debt, housing, FIRE and your euro–rupee mix.
- Indian income in your German tax returnNRO, NRE and FCNR interest, dividends, funds or rent in India: which German forms they generally belong in, and why.
- Do I have to file a German tax return?A few yes-or-no questions about your year: which reasons in § 46 EStG for filing a return your answers point to, each with its source.
- German pension refund: conditions to checkLeaving Germany or back in India: which conditions for a refund of your German pension contributions your answers meet, and which are still open.
- Document checklist for your German returnSix yes-or-no questions, one printable list: the papers from Germany and India your return draws on, and where each one comes from.
- Anlage map: Indian income in the German formsPick your kinds of Indian income and see which German form and section each generally goes in, with the German headings in English.
- FIRE and Coast FIRE calculatorYour FIRE number, your Coast FIRE number, and the years to get there.
- Transfer cost, EUR ⇄ INRCompare the rate you got with the ECB reference rate and see the real cost.
- Emergency fund and savings rateHow many months you're covered, and how long to close the gap.
Start free. Go further when you want.
Every step is useful on its own. You decide how far to go.
Learn
Short lessons on money in India and Germany. No account needed.
Browse the lessonsCheck
The Money Health Check and calculators run in your browser; every free tool says what happens to what you type.
See the free toolsSee your own numbers
Optional: upload the statements you already get and see your money in euros and rupees.
How uploads workLet us do the work
Paid packs that prepare your German tax return and your Indian ITR from your own documents. Coming soon.
Pricing
Your money lives in two systems.
Two sets of accounts
NRE/NRO, demat and mutual funds in India. Salary, broker and pension in Europe.
Two currencies
Every EUR/INR move changes what you send home and what your Indian savings are worth in euros.
Two tax systems
Indian ITR, the German tax return, and a tax treaty in between.
Hidden costs
Forex markups, SMS charges, dormant-account penalties, fund commissions.
Most of us piece it together from forums. inWst explains it, one step at a time.
Your own numbers, when you want them
Download the statements you already get: bank and card statements, and your broker's tradebook.
Upload them to inWst, if you want to. Files you upload are deleted as soon as they are read; only the transactions or trades in them are kept.
See your income and spending in EUR and INR, month by month.
No bank passwords. No broker logins. Ask us to delete your data at any time.
How it works in detail →What you get.
Lessons and guides
LivePlain guides on money across India and Germany, and short lessons in four tracks as each one is reviewed. No account needed.
Free tools
LiveThe 2-minute Money Health Check, calculators that run in your browser, and the Indian income checker (preview). No account needed.
Statement import (optional)
LivePDF statements from German and Indian banks and cards. Files you upload are deleted as soon as they are read; only the transactions or trades in them are kept.
Spending in EUR and INR
LiveOne ledger across all your accounts, with monthly reports in both currencies.
Your investments, entered by hand
In betaFunds, shares and ETFs, fixed deposits, PPF and EPF, gold bonds, crypto and property, in India and Germany: add each account and its holdings by hand, with the value and the date it is from, and update them when a new statement comes. inWst fetches no prices: every value is as of a date, the date of your statement or of your entry.
Net worth across countries
In betaYour bank balances (the closing balance of your statements, or as you enter it), investments, deposits and savings in India and Germany, added up in EUR or INR, each with the date of its value and of the exchange rate used. Property counts at your own estimate, and you can leave it out.
Investment statement import
Coming soonThe mutual fund statement (CAS) and your Indian broker's holdings file, read into your holdings. The file is deleted after reading; only the holdings and transactions are kept.
Realised profit and loss
In betaFrom the tradebook export of your Indian broker: each sale matched to its purchase, per trade and financial year.
Automatic categories
Coming soonSpending sorted for you. Your corrections teach it.
Steuer-Paket Indien
Coming soonA one-time pack that prepares the Indian income in your German tax return from your own documents. Pre-orders open in January.
Family view
Coming soonShare a read-only view with your partner.
Your money data stays yours.
Upload-only. You choose what to share. We never connect to your bank.
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Files deleted after reading. Files you upload are deleted as soon as they are read; only the transactions or trades in them are kept.
A copy or deletion on request. Ask us for everything we hold about you, or to delete your account and everything in it.
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inWst shows and explains your own numbers. It doesn't recommend investments, give tax advice or tell you what to buy or sell. For decisions, talk to a licensed adviser.