New Delhi: Foreign currency payments such as digital subscriptions to publications or goods bought on foreign ecommerce sites through international credit cards will count toward an individual’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) account and attract 20% tax collected at source (TCS), officials said.
However, if these purchases are made in Indian rupees, they will not be counted against LRS and face any TCS, said one of them.
The Finance Ministry has clarified that foreign currency payments such as digital subscriptions to publications or goods bought on foreign ecommerce sites through international credit cards will count towards an individual’s Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS) account and attract 20% tax collected at source (TCS). However, if these purchases are made in Indian rupees, they will not be counted against LRS and face any TCS. This change is intended to bring parity between remittances and overseas spending using debit and credit.
