NOTIFICATION NO. 93 / 2015 - INCOME TAX - SUBSTITUTION OF RULE 37BB AND FORM NOS. 15CA AND 15CB AND 15CC

UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE HUB 

FINANCE ACT 2015 HAS AMENDED SECTION 195 AS UNDER

In section 195 of the Income-tax Act, for sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2015, namely:— 

 “  (6) The person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, any sum, whether or not chargeable under the provisions of this Act, shall furnish the information relating to payment of such sum, in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.”.

Instructions to e-File Form 15CA and 15CB

Tax deductor and collector holding valid TAN can register and use the TAN based credentials to file Form 15CA


Income-tax (21st Amendment) Rules, 2015 - SUBSTITUTION OF RULE 37BB AND FORM NOS. 15CA AND 15CB AND 15CC

[Notification No. 93/2015, F.No.133/41/2015-TPL]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 195 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (21st Amendment) Rules, 2015. 

    (2) They shall come into force on the 1 st day of April, 2016

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereafter referred to as the said rules), for rule 37BB, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—

"37BB.  Furnishing of information for payment to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company — (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

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

(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) 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 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 DirectorGeneral of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (8).

(7) The authorized 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 authorized 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).

(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).

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

3. In the said rules, in Appendix-II, for Form No.15CA and Form No. 15CB, the following Forms shall be substituted, namely:- 

FORM NO. 15CA

(See rule 37BB)

Information to be furnished for payments to a non-resident not being a company, or to a foreign company

Form No. 15CB

(See rule 37BB)

Certificate of an accountant 

FORM NO. 15CC

(See rule 37BB)

Quarterly statement to be furnished by an authorized dealer in respect of remittances made for the quarter of ………….. of ……… . (Financial Year)