Form 15CA — declaration for a foreign remittance
The declaration filed before money is remitted to a non-resident, stating the nature of the payment and the tax deducted on it. Issued and governed by the Income Tax Department (CBDT). Below: who files it, when, and the mistake that costs people the most — plus the free tools for the PDFs that come with it, all of which run on your device.
Open the tools- Who files it, when, and what people get Form 15CA wrong
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Who files Form 15CA
Anyone making a payment to a non-resident that is chargeable to tax in India, whether an individual paying a foreign vendor or a company paying overseas fees.
When
Before the remittance is made. Banks generally will not process it without the acknowledgement.
The thing people get wrong
Which parts you complete depends on the amount and whether a Chartered Accountant certificate on Form 15CB is required first. People fill the wrong part, the bank rejects it, and the payment misses its date.
Where to get the current Form 15CA
From the income tax e-filing portal. Income Tax Department (CBDT). We deliberately do not host a copy of any government form. They are revised without notice, and a stale file served from here would be worse than none — you would file it and find out months later.
The tools people need around Form 15CA
Form 15CA is filed with the authority, not with us. What we do is the document work around it — the part where a payroll portal caps uploads at a few megabytes, or two certificates have to become one file, or a statement has to become rows you can total.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Form 15CA?
The declaration filed before money is remitted to a non-resident, stating the nature of the payment and the tax deducted on it.
Who needs to file Form 15CA?
Anyone making a payment to a non-resident that is chargeable to tax in India, whether an individual paying a foreign vendor or a company paying overseas fees.
Where do I download Form 15CA?
From the income tax e-filing portal — see Income Tax Department (CBDT). We do not host a copy: government forms are revised without notice, and a stale copy is worse than none.
Can DiemDesk file Form 15CA for me?
No, and nothing here does. We are document tools, not a filing service. What we help with is the paperwork around the filing — combining certificates, compressing a scan under a portal's upload limit, turning a statement into a spreadsheet, or redacting an account number before you forward something. All of it runs in your browser.
Are my documents uploaded?
No. The in-browser tools open and rebuild the file on your own device, so a Form 16 or a bank statement never leaves it. Open your browser's Network tab and you will see no request carrying the file.
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