24 August 2011
Section 195 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 mandates deduction of income-tax from payments made or credit given to non-residents at the rates in force.
The person making the remittance to a non-resident needs to furnish an undertaking (in Form 15CA) accompanied by a Chartered Accountants Certificate in Form 15CB.
The purpose of the undertaking and the certificate is to collect taxes at the stage when the remittance is made as it may not be possible to recover the tax at a later stage from non-residents.
When there is no requirement to deduct TDS here, still 15CA & 15 CB will be required the purpose may be for keeping track of remittances.