Form 15CA and CB A Complete Guide
Form 15CA and CB A Complete Guide
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What is the need?
As per Section 195 of the Income Tax Act 1961,
every person liable for making a payment to non-
residents shall deduct TDS from the payments
made or credits given to non-residents at the
rates in force.
RBI also mandates that except in cases of certain
personal remittances which have been
specifically exempted, no remittance should be
made to a non-resident without furnishing an
undertaking in Form 15CA accompanied by a
certificate from an Accountant in Form 15CB
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What is the need?
The purpose of this undertaking and certificate
is to collect taxes at the stage when the
remittance is made as it may not be possible to
recover the tax at a later stage from the non-
residents.
The format of the undertaking in Form 15CA
which is to be filed electronically and the
format of the certificate of the Accountant in
Form 15CB have been notified vide Rule 37BB
of the Income Tax Rules 1962
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What is Form 15CA
Form 15CA is a Declaration given by Remitter and
is used as a tool by statutory authorities for
collecting information in respect of payments
which are chargeable to tax in the hands of
recipient non-resident.
This is starting of an effective Information
Processing System which may be utilized by
the Income tax Department to independently
track the foreign remittances and their nature to
determine tax liability.
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What is Form 15CA
Purpose
S.
code as Nature of Payment
No.
per RBI
Contributions or donations by the Government to
25 S1305
international institutions
26 S1306 Remittance towards payment or refund of taxes.
Refunds or rebates or reduction in invoice value on
27 S1501
account of exports
28 S1503 Payments by residents for international bidding.
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Applicability – Various Scenarios
Form 15 CA
If remittance isn’t chargeable to Tax
Scenario Applicability
(a) Single remittance doesn't exceed Rs
50,000;
Not to be
And
reported at all
b) Aggregate payment during year doesn't
exceed Rs 2,50,000
(a) Single remittance exceed Rs 50,000;
And Not to be
b) Aggregate payment during year doesn't reported at all
exceed Rs 2,50,000
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Applicability – Various Scenarios
Form 15 CA
If remittance isn’t chargeable to Tax
Scenario Applicability
(a) Single remittance doesn't exceed Rs
50,000;
Not to be
And
reported at all
b) Aggregate payment during year exceed Rs
2,50,000
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Applicability – Various Scenarios
Form 15 CA
If remittance is chargeable to Tax (including Salary or Interst)
Scenario Applicability
(a) Single remittance doesn't exceed
Rs 50,000;
To to be reported in Part A
And
of Form 15CA
b) Aggregate payment during year
doesn’t exceed Rs 2,50,000
(a) Single remittance exceed Rs To be reported in Part B of
50,000; Form 15CA along with
And Form 15CB and other
b) Aggregate payment during year prescribed documents, if
doesn’t exceed Rs 2,50,000 any
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Applicability – Various Scenarios
Form 15 CA
If remittance is chargeable to Tax (including Salary or Interst)
Scenario Applicability
(a) Single remittance doesn't exceed To be reported in Part B of
Rs 50,000; Form 15CA along with
And Form 15CB and other
b) Aggregate payment during year prescribed documents, if
exceed Rs 2,50,000 any
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Form 15 CA
To be filled up by the person responsible for making remittance to
NR or foreign company which is chargeable to tax in India
(including interest or salary)
Particulars Details
To be filled up if the remittance to non- resident or
to a foreign company does not exceed Rs. 50,000
Who shall fill
per transaction and aggregate of such payments
it
made during the financial year does not exceed Rs.
2,50,000
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part A of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is not required)
Particulars Details
What In respect of Remitter
information • Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Tax
has to be Deduction and collection Account Number (TAN)
filled in? should be mentioned. TAN is mandatory in cases
where:
• tax has been deducted or will be deducted at
source;
• the remitter has obtained an order under
section 195 (2) of the Income-tax Act from the
Assessing Officer.
• In case an invalid PAN and/or TAN is filled in by the
remitter, the Form will not be generated
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part A of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is not required)
Particulars Details
• In case the remitter does not have a TAN, it is mandatory
to quote PAN of the remitter.
• PAN of the remitter should invariably be given. However,
the same is mandatory if status of entity is Company or
Firm. If PAN is not given in such cases, the remitter will not
be allowed to generate the Form.
• Details in at least two address fields for remitter should be
mentioned
• Name of the entity should be mentioned in the “Name of
remitter” field.
• No value is to be provided in Area code, AO type, Range
code & AO number. The fields will be entered by the
system after validating the PAN and/or TAN.
• Email id and mobile number, if any, should be provided.
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part A of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is not required)
Particulars Details
In respect of Recipient of Remittance
• Complete address of recipient of remittance,
separated by coma, should be provided.
• PAN, allotted by the Indian Income Tax Department
should be mentioned.
• If status of entity is “company”, then provide type
of company i.e., “domestic” or “other than
domestic”.
• In the field “Principal Place of Business”, the
country of tax residence of the recipient of the
remittance should be mentioned.
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part A of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is not required)
Particulars Details
In respect of Remittance
• Amount payable before TDS (In Indian Currency)
• Aggregate amount of remittance made during the
financial year including this proposed remittance
• Name of Bank and details of the branch of bank
• Proposed date of remittance
• Nature of remittance
• Tax deducted—
(a) Amount of tax deducted
(b) Date of deduction
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part B of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is required)
Particulars Details
To be filled up for remittances other those
specified in Part A (If the Remittance is chargeable
Who shall fill it to tax and exceed Rs. 50000 per transaction and
aggregate of such payments made during the
financial year exceeds Rs. 2,50,000)
1. Forms prescribe mandatory application of
What provisions of Section 206AA, if PAN of
information remittee is not available;
has to be filled 2. Other details:
Divided into Section A and Section B
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part B of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is required)
Particulars Details
Section A
Details of Remitter, Remittee and Accountant to be
specified in this section
In respect of details of Accountant, following are
important:
• Date of certificate should not be a future date.
• Registration number should be numeric.
• Details of accountant are not required if point no.
15 is selected i.e. any order u/s 195 (2)/ 195 (3)/
197 of the Income-tax Act has been obtained from
Assessing Officer.
• Certificate number is an alphanumeric field
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part B of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is required)
Particulars Details
Section B
Particulars of Remittance and TDS (as per certificate of
accountant), namely:
a. Remittance details
b. Taxability under the Income Tax Act without
considering the relief of the DTAA
c. If income is chargeable to tax in India & relief is
claimed under DTAA, whether TRC has been obtained
from recipient?
d. TDS details
e. If remittance is on account of capital gains details of
amount of short-term, long-term capital gains and the
basis of arriving at the taxable income.
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Part B of Form 15 CA (Form 15CB is required)
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Guidelines for Part B of Form 15 CA
• Provide the values as per the accountant certificate obtained in
Form 15CB.
• In case name of the country is not available in drop down list,
select value “other” from the drop down and provide name of
the country.
• In case currency name is not available in drop down then select
value “other” from the drop down and provide name of the
currency.
• Proposed date of remittance should be current date or a future
date.
• Amount of TDS should be less than amount of remittance.
• Actual amount of remittance after TDS should be less than
amount of remittance.
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Guidelines for Part B of Form 15 CA
• Select type of the bank:
• Indian Bank (Bank of India, Dena Bank etc.)
• Foreign Bank (Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Citi Bank etc.)
• In case of “Indian Bank”, user will be required to provide “Name of
the branch” and “BSR code”
• In case of “Foreign Bank”, user will be required to provide details of
location i.e. Located in India or Located outside India
• In case of foreign bank located in India, user will be further required
to provide “Name of the branch” and “BSR code”
• In case of foreign bank located outside India, user will be further
required to provide:
• Name of the branch
• BSR code (This will be optional)
• Code of branch (This will be mandatory)
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Details to be provided in Form 15CA
Guidelines for Part B of Form 15 CA
• Rate of TDS as per DTAA (if applicable) should be
mentioned up to two decimal places.
• Amount should be mentioned up to 2 decimal places.
• Select any one out of fields 12, 13, 14 and 16. One
form is to be filled for one type of remittance.
• Details of “responsible person” should be mentioned
for verification.
• Value for “rate of deduction as per the Income-tax Act”
should be “0.00” if no tax has been deducted and
“amount of TDS in Indian and foreign currency” should
be “0.00”.
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Applicability – Various Scenarios
Form 15 CA
Based on the above discussions it can be concluded that:
a. There are 28 types of payments for which no
information is required to be furnished at all.
b. Form 15CB is not required where Part A of Form 15CA is
to be filled in, i.e., in case of small payments.
c. In case of other payments, either an order or a
certificate of the Assessing Officer u/s. 197 / 195(2) /
195(3) must be obtained, or a certificate of the
Chartered Accountant should be obtained.
d. Sub-rule (2) of Rule 37BB mandates that Form 15CA
shall be furnished to the authorised dealer prior to
remitting the payment.
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Applicability – Various Scenarios
Form 15 CA
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Changes introduced in April
2016 in respect of Form 15CA
and Form 15CB under Rule
37BB of Income tax Rules
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
Start
Certific
Is > Rs. 5
Yes Yes ate u/s Yes 15CA – Part B
remittance Lacs in
195 / 15CB – X
Taxable FY
197
No No No
15CA – Part D
End
15CB – X
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
The CBDT has amended Rule 37 BB of the Income-
tax Rules and made following changes which are
applicable from 1st April 2016:
The furnishing of information for payment to a
non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign
company in Form 15CA has been classified into 4
parts –
Part A,
Part B,
Part C and
Part D, wherein:
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
Part A: Where the remittance or the aggregate of such
remittances does not exceed 5 lakh rupees during the FY.
(Whether taxable or not)
Part B: Where an order / certificate u/s 195(2) / 195(3) / 197
of Income-tax Act has been obtained from the AO. (Whether
NIL rate or Lower Rate Certificate)
Part C: Where remittance is chargeable to tax under
domestic law and the remittance or the aggregate of such
remittances exceeds 5 lakh rupees during the FY and a
certificate in Form No. 15CB has been obtained electronically
from a CA. (Utility available on Income Tax e-filing Website)
Part D: Where the remittance is not chargeable to tax under
Domestic Law.
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
No 15CA / CB is required in following cases:
• if an individual is making remittance which do
not requiring RBI approval under its Liberalized
Remittance Scheme (LRS) or items mentioned
in Schedule III to the Foreign Exchange (Current
Account Transaction) Rules, 2000 as stated in
further slides
Or
• If remittance is in the nature of 33 items
provided in the rule 37BB as stated in previous
slides
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
Items mentioned in Schedule III to the Foreign
Exchange (Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2000
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
Items mentioned in Schedule III to the Foreign
Exchange (Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2000
Provided that for the purposes mentioned at item numbers
(iv), (vii) and (viii), the individual may avail of exchange facility
for an amount in excess of the limit prescribed under the
Liberalised Remittance Scheme as provided in regulation 4 to
FEMA Notification 1/2000-RB, dated the 3rd May, 2000 if it is
so required by a country of emigration, medical institute
offering treatment or the university, respectively.
Provided further that if an individual remits any amount
under the said Liberalised Remittance Scheme in a financial
year, then the applicable limit for such individual would be
reduced from USD 250,000 by the amount so remitted.
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
Items mentioned in Schedule III to the Foreign
Exchange (Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2000
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Changes applicable from 1st April 16
Process steps for filing 15CB and 15CA in
cases where 15CB needs to be filed
Step 4: Client to validate the DSC signature file and on
choosing the DSC file it will ask for which Part of 15CA to be
chosen Part -A/ B/ C/ D.
Step 5: For options of C &D 15CB of CA is required. So if C /
D is selected it will ask for the 15CB e-filed
acknowledgement no.
Step 6: On entering the 15CB e-filed acknowledgement no,
15CA is populated fill the necessary details then submit.
Step 7: Finally under “My Account” section in “View”
option one can see the 15CA e-filed.
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