Concerns have been raised about the applicability of Tax Collection at Source (TCS) to small transactions under the Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS) from July 1, 2023. To avoid any procedural ambiguity, it has been decided that any payments by an individual using their international Debit or Credit cards upto Rs 7 lakh per financial year will be excluded from the LRS limits and hence, will not attract any TCS.

Existing beneficial TCS treatment for education and health payments will also continue.

The necessary changes to the Rules (Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions Rules), 2000) will be issued separately.

Tax Collection at Source exclusion for small international card transactions prevents TCS on qualifying payments under the LRS. Payments by individuals using international debit or credit cards up to an annual threshold of Rs 7 lakh will be excluded from LRS limits and will not attract TCS; beneficial TCS treatment for education and health payments will continue and the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000 will be amended to implement this exclusion.