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Retail Remittances under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)
- BEST EXCHANGE RATES: - Get the lowest rates on your outward remittance from India.
- TRANSFER WITH MULTIPLE CURRENCY CHOICES: With Equitas Bank offers 16 currencies to send money abroad through SWIFT transfer.
- BRANCH BASED TRANSFER: Visit / call any Equitas Bank Branch to send the remittance.
- FASTER TRANSFER : Transfer of the funds gets initiated the same day.
Purposes permitted under LRS currently offered by Equitas SFB for the Resident Individuals
- Overseas Education Fees
- Travel for Education
Check our Outward Remittance Card Rates for Wire Transfer here.
- SWIFT charges Rs. 500/- per transaction plus GST apply..
- NOSTRO Charges per transaction plus GST per will be applied in INR equivalent (at deal rate) for OUR transactions as per the below table.
Remittance Value Slab | TT NOSTRO CHARGES (OUR) | |||||||||||||||
USD | GBR | EUR | CAD | AUD | SGD | NZD | SEK | DKK | NOK | CHF | AED | SAR | ZAR | FKD | CNY | |
Upto 3,000 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 75 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 35 | 75 | 65 | 65 |
From 3,000 to 30,000 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 35 | 75 | 90 | 50 | 35 | 90 | 35 | 90 | 80 | 80 |
From 30,0001 to 50,000 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 75 | 90 | 50 | 40 | 90 | 40 | 90 | 80 | 80 |
Above 50001 | 50 | 35 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
TCS at 5% shall be applicable on all forex transactions under LRS, applicable from Oct 1, 2020, exceeding INR 7 lakhs in a FY (except for remittances towards overseas education made out of loan obtained from a financial institution, for which TCS at 0.5% will be applicable).
If overseas education is owned funds – TCS @ 5% applicable. GST not applicable. Remitter can claim credit for the tax collected by the Bank while filing for their tax returns.
Spends Type | Rate of TCS |
Tour and Travel Remittances | 5% * |
Remittance towards Education purposes through Bank Loan | 0.5%** beyond an annual aggregate remittance of INR 7 Lakh |
Remittance on all other type of transactions | 5%* beyond an annual aggregate remittance of INR 7 Lakh |
*this would be 10% effective 1st July 2021 if ITR is not filed for last 2 applicable years and TDS + TCS in each of those 2 years is more than Rs 50,000/-*
* this would be 5% effective 1st July 2021 if ITR is not filed for last 2 applicable years and TDS + TCS in each of those 2 years is more than Rs 50,000/-
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