Procedure and Instructions to e-File Form 15CA and 15CB
CBDT vide its notification no. 93/2015 dated 16-12-2015 has revised the rule 37BB and form 15CA and Form 15CB. The revised rules and forms shall be effective from 1st April, 2016.
Registration process for Filing Form 15CA
To file the “Form 15CA”, user should hold valid PAN/TAN and should be registered in eFiling. If not already registered, user should go to Register Yourself, Select User Type and complete the registration process.
Filing process
Form 15CA is available in Offline and Online modes as described below.
| Form 15CA – Online (Single upload) | Form 15CA – Offline (Bulk Upload) |
| PAN/TAN users | PAN/TAN users (other than Individuals) |
The Step by Step procedure for filing Online Form 15CA is as follows:
Step 1 – Login to e-Filing, Go to e-File -> Prepare and Submit Online Form (Other than ITR)
Step 2 – Select Form 15CA from the drop down.
Note: For TAN Users DSC is Mandatory to file Form 15CA.
Step 3 – Generate signature for the zip file using DSC Management Utility (available under Downloads) and upload the generated signature file.
Step 4 – Click Continue. A popup appears as shown below.
Note: Form 15CA has 4 Parts as below
| Part | Description |
| Part-A | To be filled up if the remittance is chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Income-tax Act,1961 and the remittance or the aggregate of such remittances, as the case may be, does not exceed five lakh rupees during the financial year) |
| Part-B | To be filled up if the remittance is chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the remittance or the aggregate of such remittances, as the case may be, exceeds five lakh rupees during the financial year and an order/ certificate u/s 195(2)/ 195(3)/ 197 of Income-tax Act has been obtained from the Assessing Officer |
| Part-C |
To be filled up if the remittance is chargeable to tax under the provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961 and the remittance or the aggregate of such remittances, as the case may be, exceeds five lakh rupees during the financial year and a certificate in Form No. 15CB from an accountant as defined in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288 has been obtained |
| Part-D |
To be filled up if the remittance is not chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Income-tax Act,1961 other than payments referred to in rule 37BB(3) by the person referred to in rule 37BB(2) |
Note – Upload of Form 15CB is mandatory prior to filling Part C of Form 15CA. To prefill the details in Part C of Form 15CA, the Acknowledgment number of e-Filed Form 15CB should be provided.
Step 5 – Click Continue.
Step 6 – Fill in all the mandatory details and click “Submit”.
Step 7 – On successful submit, the user will be redirected to Success page
View Form 15CA
Step 1 – To view the submitted Form 15CA, Navigate to My account -> View Form 15CA.
Advanced Search is available to filter the search criteria.
Note – “Withdraw Form 15CA” link will be available to users to withdraw the uploaded FORM 15CA. Users can withdraw within 7 days of submission of FORM.
Step 2 – Click on “Withdraw Form 15CA” link against the Form uploaded to withdraw the uploaded FORM 15CA. A confirmation page appears.
Step 3 – Check the checkbox stated “Click here to agree for withdrawal of Form 15CA” and click “Confirm withdrawal” button. Success message is displayed on the screen.
Step 4 – The status of the Form is changed to Form 15CA Withdrawn.
Step 5 – To view the details of the Form, click on the Acknowledgement Number.
Step 6 – The details of Acknowledgement Number is displayed as a popup. User can download PDF, Receipt, and XML.
Registration process for Filing Form 15CB
After CA uploads Form 15CB, the Assessee can view the uploaded FORM 15CB under Worklist -> View Form 15CB
Step 1 – Login to e-Filing, Go to Worklist ->View Form 15CB.
Step 2 – Form 15CB submitted by CA are displayed here.
Step 3 – Click on “Ack.No.” link to view the Uploaded Form details. The status of the form on submission shall appear as “Submitted”.
On successful filing of Form 15CA-Part C against the particular Form 15CB, the status of Form 15CB shall update as “Consumed”.
In case of withdrawal of Form 15CA against which Form 15CA was consumed, then the status of Form 15CB will change from “Consumed” to “Withdrawn”.
One Form 15CB can be consumed for filing one Form 15CA only.
Step 4 – Click on the Acknowledgment number. The Details of the acknowledgment number is displayed as a pop up. User can download XML, PDF and Receipt.
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