The Income Tax Department on Monday permitted submitting, for a limited period, form 15CA/15CB manually with authorised dealer for the purpose of foreign remittance.

 

“The forms can be submitted in manual format to the authorised dealers till 30th June, 2021,” CBDT said in a statement.

 

Central Board of Direct Taxes in a release said, “As per the Income-tax Act, 1961, there is a requirement to furnish Form 15CA/15CB electronically. Presently, taxpayers upload the Form 15CA, along with the Chartered Accountant Certificate in Form 15CB, wherever applicable, on the e-filing portal, before submitting the copy to the authorized dealer for any foreign remittance.”

 

“In view of the difficulties reported by taxpayers in electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB on the portal www.incometax.gov.in. It has been decided that taxpayers can submit the aforesaid Forms in manual format to the authorized dealers till Jun 30, 2021. Authorized dealers are advised to accept such Forms till June 30, 2021 for the purpose of foreign remittances.

A facility will be provided on the new e-filing portal to upload these forms at a later date for the purpose of generation of the Document Identification Number,” CBDT said in the statement.

 

The new portal, www.incometax.gov.in, was launched last Monday (June 7), with the tax department as well as the government saying it was aimed at making compliance more taxpayer-friendly.

 

But users complained of technical issues from the very first day and not everything has been fixed even after a week, chartered accountants (CAs) said, adding that taxpayers are unable to view past e-filed returns and many features/ facilities continue to be marked ‘coming soon’.

What Is Income Tax Form 15CA/15CB?

Form 15CA/15CB is required to be submitted for making payments outside India.

 

Authorised dealers have been advised to accept the forms till the month end for the purpose of foreign remittances.

The Board added that a facility will be provided on the new e-filing portal to upload these forms at a later date for the purpose of generation of the Document Identification Number.