(Payment Made to the Authorised Dealer for remittance out of India under LRS scheme of RBI)
Collected by Whom:-
being an authorised dealer, who receives an amount, for remittance out of India from a buyer, being a person remitting such amount out of India under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), shall,
- at the time of debiting the amount payable by the buyer or
- at the time of receipt of such amount from the said buyer, by any mode,
whichever is earlier, collect from the buyer,
Rate of TCS:-
a sum equal to 5% of such amount as income-tax.
Provided that,
- Authorised dealer need not to collect TCS from the buyer if remittance amount or aggregate of the amounts being remitted by the buyer is less than equal to 7 lakh rupees in a financial year i.e. threshold limit is 7 lakh rupees,
Provided also that,
- Authorised dealer shall collect TCS from the buyer if the amount which is more than 7 lakh rupees remitted out is a loan obtained from any financial institution as defined in section 80E, for the purpose of pursuing any education outside India a sum equal to 1% of such amount instead of 5%.
Definition:-
- “authorised dealer” means, a person authorised by the RBI under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the FEMA Act, 1999 to deal in foreign exchange or foreign security.