Student CA IPC / IPCC
35 Points
Joined July 2014
Thank You Sir for your reply. please clarify regarding ‘Payment towards imports-settlement of invoice’
4. As per the first Notification No. 58/2013, Form 15CA and 15CB were not required for 39 items of payments. These items then reduced to 28 items in the later Notification No. 67/2013. The following 11 items of payments are therefore removed from the specified list:
(i) Advance payment against imports
(ii) Payment towards imports-settlement of invoice
(iii) Imports by diplomatic missions
(iv) Payment for surplus freight or passenger fare by foreign shipping companies operating in India
(v) Freight on imports-Shipping companies
(vi) Freight on exports-Shipping companies
(vii) Booking of passages abroad –Shipping companies
(viii) Freight on imports-Airlines companies
(ix) Payments on account of stevedoring, demurrage, port handling charges, etc.
(x) Payments for life insurance premium
(xi) Other general insurance premium
5. From the above, it can be seen that as per Rule 37BB the specified information (i.e. Form 15CA and Form 15CB) is required to be furnished only in the case of payments made to a non-resident which are chargeable to tax in India. However, amongst others ‘Advance payment against imports’ and ‘Payment towards imports-settlement of invoice’ are not appearing in the final list of items of payments for which Form 15CA and 15CB are not required in the same Rule 37BB.