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 Furnishing of information for payment to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company.

37BB . (1) The person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, any sum chargeable under the provisions of the Act, shall furnish the following, namely:—

(i)the information in Part A of Form No.15CA, if the amount of payment or the aggregate of such payments, as the case may be, made during the financial year does not exceed five lakh rupees;

(ii)for payments other than the payments referred in clause (i), the information,—

(a) in Part B of Form No.15CA after obtaining,—

(I) a certificate from the Assessing Officer under section 197; or

(II) an order from the Assessing Officer under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 195;

(b) in Part C of Form No.15CA after obtaining a certificate in Form No. 15CB from an accountant as defined in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288.

(2) The person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, any sum which is not chargeable under the provisions of the Act, shall furnish the information in Part D of Form No.15CA.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2), no information is required to be furnished for any sum which is not chargeable under the provisions of the Act, if,—

(i)the remittance is made by an individual and it does not require prior approval of Reserve Bank of India as per the provisions of section 5 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) read with Schedule III to the Foreign Exchange (Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2000; or

1[“(ia) the remittance is made by a Unit of an International Financial Services Centre referred to in subsection (1A) of section 80LA; or”]

(ii)the remittance is of the nature specified in column (3) of the specified list below:


SPECIFIED LIST

Sl. No.

Purpose code as per RBI

Nature of payment

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

S0001

Indian investment abroad – in equity capital (shares)

2

S0002

Indian investment abroad – in debt securities

3

S0003

Indian investment abroad – in branches and wholly owned subsidiaries

4

S0004

Indian investment abroad – in subsidiaries and associates

5

S0005

Indian investment abroad – in real estate

6

S0011

Loans extended to Non-Residents

7

S0101

Advance payment against imports

8

S0102

Payment towards imports – settlement of invoice

9

S0103

Imports by diplomatic missions

10

S0104

Intermediary trade

11

S0190

Imports below Rs.5,00,000 – (For use by ECD offices)

12

SO202

Payment for operating expenses of Indian shipping companies operating abroad

13

SO208

Operating expenses of Indian Airlines companies operating abroad

14

S0212

Booking of passages abroad – Airlines companies

15

S0301

Remittance towards business travel

16

S0302

Travel under basic travel quota (BTQ)

17

S0303

Travel for pilgrimage

18

S0304

Travel for medical treatment

19

S0305

Travel for education (including fees, hostel expenses etc.)

20

S0401

Postal services

21

S0501

Construction of projects abroad by Indian companies including import of goods at project site

22

S0602

Freight insurance – relating to import and export of goods

23

S1011

Payments for maintenance of offices abroad

24

S1201

Maintenance of Indian embassies abroad

25

S1202

Remittances by foreign embassies in India

26

S1301

Remittance by non-residents towards family maintenance and savings

27

S1302

Remittance towards personal gifts and donations

28

S1303

Remittance towards donations to religious and charitable institutions abroad

29

S1304

Remittance towards grants and donations to other Governments and charitable institutions established by the Governments

30

S1305

Contributions or donations by the Government to international institutions

31

S1306

Remittance towards payment or refund of taxes

32

S1501

Refunds or rebates or reduction in invoice value on account of exports

33

S1503

Payments by residents for international bidding.

(4) The information in Form No. 15CA shall be furnished,—

(i)electronically under digital signature in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) 1[“or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems)”]under sub-rule (8) and thereafter printout of the said form shall be submitted to the authorised dealer, prior to remitting the payment; or

(ii)electronically in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General 1[“or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems)”] of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (8) and thereafter signed printout of the said form shall be submitted to the authorised dealer, prior to remitting the payment.

(5) An income-tax authority may require the authorised dealer to furnish the signed printout of Form No.15CA referred to in clause (ii) of sub-rule (4) for the purposes of any proceedings under the Act.

(6) The certificate in Form No. 15CB shall be furnished and verified electronically in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director-General of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (8).

2[“(7) A quarterly statement, for each quarter of the financial year shall be furnished in respect of all remittances referred to in sub-rules (1), (2) and sub-rule (3) by,–

 (i) the authorised dealer in Form No. 15CC;

 

(ii) a Unit of an International Financial Services Centre referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 80LA, responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, in Form No. 15CD,

 

 to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) electronically under digital signature within fifteen days from the end of the quarter of the financial year to which such statement relates in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (8).”; ]

3[“(8) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall specify the procedures, formats and standards for the purposes of furnishing and verification of Form No. 15CA, Form No. 15CB, Form No. 15CC and Form No. 15CD and shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration in relation to the furnishing and verification of information, certificate and quarterly statement in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (4), (6) and sub-rule (7).”]

4[‘Explanation.— For the purposes of this rule,– (i) “authorised dealer” means a person authorised as an authorised dealer under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999); (ii) “International Financial Services Centre” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (q) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005); (iii)  “Unit” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (zc) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005).’]

Notes:-

1. Inserted by  the Income-tax Amendment (Twenty-fifth Amendment), Rules, 2023. Notification No.  89 /2023 dated 16.10.2023 W.e.f 1st january 2024

2. Substituted by the Income-tax Amendment (Twenty-fifth Amendment), Rules, 2023

for sub-rule (7)-

(7) The authorised dealer shall furnish a quarterly statement for each quarter of the financial year in Form No.15CC to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) electronically under digital signature within fifteen days from the end of the quarter of the financial year to which such statement relates in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (8).

the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely-

“(7) A quarterly statement, for each quarter of the financial year shall be furnished in respect of all remittances referred to in sub-rules (1), (2) and sub-rule (3) by,–

 

 (i) the authorised dealer in Form No. 15CC;

 

(ii) a Unit of an International Financial Services Centre referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 80LA, responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, in Form No. 15CD,

 

 to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) electronically under digital signature within fifteen days from the end of the quarter of the financial year to which such statement relates in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (8).”

 

3. Substituted by the Income-tax Amendment (Twenty-fifth Amendment), Rules, 2023

for sub-rule (8)-

(8) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall specify the procedures, formats and standards for the purposes of furnishing and verification of Form 15CA, Form 15CB and Form 15CC and shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration in relation to the furnishing and verification of information, certificate and quarterly statement in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (4), (6) and (7).

 

 the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely-

“(8) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall specify the procedures, formats and standards for the purposes of furnishing and verification of Form No. 15CA, Form No. 15CB, Form No. 15CC and Form No. 15CD and shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration in relation to the furnishing and verification of information, certificate and quarterly statement in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (4), (6) and sub-rule (7).”

 

4. Substituted by the Income-tax Amendment (Twenty-fifth Amendment), Rules, 2023

for the Explanation

Explanation.— For the purposes of this rule ‘authorised dealer’ means a person authorised as an authorised dealer under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999).”.

 the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely-

[‘Explanation.— For the purposes of this rule,– (i) “authorised dealer” means a person authorised as an authorised dealer under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999); (ii) “International Financial Services Centre” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (q) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005); (iii)  “Unit” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (zc) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005).’]

 

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