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Income-tax Rules, 2026 · Appendix III

Form 144: Quarterly TDS statement for non-resident payments other than salary

Source checked 21 October 2026 · Original author: Finin2min Editorial Desk

Purpose, person and period

Quarterly TDS statement for non-resident payments other than salary.

The deductor furnishes Form 144 for non-salary payments to non-residents, including residence/TIN, domestic-versus-treaty rate basis and the linked remittance information where applicable.

Period gate: This numbered form belongs to the Income-tax Rules, 2026, effective 1 April 2026. The predecessor 27Q is a concordance, not permission to change an earlier-year filing into a new-law form. For earlier periods, use the applicable 1961 Act form and saved procedure.

Official transition guidance

Controlling rule and source pages

Rule 219; Section 397(3), Section 392, Section 393(1), Section 394(1), Section 400(2). Physical PDF pp 797-805; printed Gazette pp 2329-2337.

Rule 219 — connected rule text

219. State ment of deduction or collection of tax at source under section 397(3)(b): — (1) Every person responsible for deduction of tax or collection of tax at source under Chapter XIX -B of the Act with respect to the sections referred in column B of the following Ta ble, shall, as per section 397(3)(b), deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by him, the quarterly statements in the Form as referred to in column C thereof: Table Sl. No. Section under which tax deducted, paid or collected Form A B C 1 Section 392 [other than section 392(7)] and section 393(1) [Table: Sl. No. 8(iii)]. 138. 2 Sections 392(7), 393(2) and 393(3), in respect of the deductee who is a non -resident, not being a company or a foreign company or a resident but not ordinarily resident. 144. 3 Sections 392(7), 393(1) (other than [Table: Sl. No. 8(iii)]) and 393(3), in respect of the deductee other than the deductee referred to in Sl. No. 2. 140. 4 Section 394(1). 143. (2) Where under the guidelines issued under section 400(2) read with section 393(1) [Table: Sl. No. (8)(vi)], the exchange has agreed to pay tax in relation to a transaction of transfer of a virtual digital asset, owned by it, as an alternative to tax required to be deducted by the buyer of such asset under section 393(1) [Table: Sl. No.(8)(vi)], the exchange shall deliver or cause to be delivered, a quarterly statement of such transactions in Form No. 142. (3) The exchange referred to in sub -rule (2) shall, a t the time of preparing the quarterly statement in Form No. 142, furnish particulars of the amount paid or credited, on which tax was not deducted in accordance with guidelines issued under section 400(2). [PDF PAGE 163] [भाग II—खण्‍ ड 3(i)] भारत‍का‍राजपत्र‍:‍असाधारण 1695 (4) The statements referred to in sub -rules (1) an d (2) for the quarter of the financial year ending with the date specified in column B of the following Table shall be furnished by the due date specified in the corresponding entry in column C thereof: Table Sl. No. Date of ending of quarter of financial year Due date A B C 1. 30th June. 31st July of the financial year. 2. 30th September. 31st October of the financial year. 3. 31st December. 31st January of the financial year. 4. 31st March. 31st May of the financial year immediately following the tax year in which the deduction or collection, as the case may be, is required to be made. (5) Irrespective of anything contained in sub -rule (1) or (2) or (4), a challan -cum-statement in Form No. 141 shall be furnished within thirty days from the end of th e month in which the deduction is made by the person responsible for deduction of tax under the following sections: (a) section 393(1) [Table Sl. No. (2)(i)]; (b) section 393(1) [Table Sl. No. (3)(i)]; (c) section 393(1) [Table Sl. No. (6)(ii)]; and (d) section 393(1) [Table Sl. No. (8)(vi)]. (6) A claim for refund, for the sum paid to the credit of the Central Government under Chapter XIX -B of the Act shall be furnished by the deductor in Form No. 139. (7) In cases, where the trustees of an approved superannuation fund pay any contributions made by an employer, including interest on such contributions, to an employee during his life -time, they shall send within two months from the end of the financial year to the Director General of Income -tax (System s) or the person authorised by him, a statement giving the following particulars:— (a) name of the superannuation fund; (b) name and address of the employee; (c) the period for which the employee has contributed to the superannuation fund; (d) the amount of contribution repaid on account of principal and interest; (e) the average rate of deduction of tax during the preceding three years; and (f) the amount of tax deducted on repayment. (8) A duly-signed verification in the following Form shall be annexed to the statement referred to in sub-rule (1): FORM OF VERIFICA TION We/I, the trustee(s) of the above named fund, do declare that what is stated in the above statement is true to the best of our/my information and belief. (9) For the purposes of sub-rule (2),— (a) "exchange" means a person that operates an application or platform for transfer of virtual digital assets, which matches buy and sell trades and execute the same on their application or platform; and (b) "virtual digital asset" shall have meaning assigned to it in section 2(111).

Completed field illustration

Fictional data, not for filing. A fictional Indian borrower reports interest paid to an assumed qualifying UK-resident bank, using the India-UK Article 12(3)(a) 10% ceiling on the stated treaty facts.

Form field / blockCompleted fictional entry
Part A: deductor / PAN / TAN / quarter / TYNon-government Example Borrower Ltd / synthetic ZZZCE0000Z / MODEL-TAN-144 / 30 September 2026 / 2026-27
Responsible person / statementPriya Arun Sharma, tax@example.invalid / Original
Annexure: recipient / residence / status / TINExample UK Bank plc / UK resident bank carrying on bona fide banking business and beneficial owner, assumed / MODEL-UK-TIN-144 / 10 Example Street, London, bank@example.invalid
Payment / character / date / gross-upRs 1,00,000 gross interest / 15 September 2026 / No gross-up
Rate input / tax / net / deposit10% under India-UK Article 12(3)(a), assuming full entitlement and no lower domestic rate / Rs 10,000 / Rs 90,000 / Rs 10,000
Rate basis / residence documentsTreaty branch: assumed genuine UK TRC, Form 41, banking licence, beneficial ownership, no effectively connected Indian PE and satisfaction of anti-abuse conditions
Part B / CIN / Form 145 acknowledgementTax Rs 10,000, interest/fee/others nil / MODEL-BSR, 7 October 2026, MODEL-SERIAL / MODEL-F145-144, not real
VerificationNOT SIGNED or submitted; actual section/nature codes and rate require source-backed case review

This illustrates the named fields, not every possible schedule. Use the complete official extract for additional applicable fields, annexures and verification. “Not signed” means no professional certification or authority action has occurred.

Reconcile the example

India-UK Article 12(2) generally caps interest tax at 15%; paragraph 3(a) provides 10% for the qualifying beneficial-owner bank in this scenario. It is not a universal interest rate. Article 12(6), special-relationship limits and applicable MLI anti-abuse/residence requirements still need actual evidence. Primary source: https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/w/uk-comprehensive-agreements-1 .

Prepare, furnish and retain

  1. Use the form identity and period above, then determine the person who prepares, issues or verifies it from Rule 219. An authority-issued order is not an applicant filing.
  2. Collect the records that support the actual fields in the example; keep any mandatory schedules and annexures specified in the complete source form.
  3. Reconcile dates, amounts, units and identifiers to the underlying records. Preserve the applicable rule version and any later correcting notification.
  4. Where the rule prescribes electronic furnishing, use the current official utility/schema and authorised verification. A local PDF does not produce a portal acknowledgement.
  5. Retain the submitted version, supporting schedules and actual acknowledgement or issued certificate/order, as applicable. This fictional model supplies none of those evidential outcomes.

Download the correct documents

Official Form 144 source extract Filled sample — fictional field illustration

The official extract preserves source pages; later amendments are supplied with affected forms. Read the April corrigendum where its printed-page corrections apply. The filled field illustration is an educational model and cannot be filed.

Primary sources

Questions readers ask

Does this sample prove approval, filing or a professional conclusion?

No. It completes the named fields using synthetic facts. It has no real signature, DSC, approval or acknowledgement.

Can I use the legacy form number for a current tax-year obligation?

Establish the governing period first. A predecessor number is a cross-reference; earlier-year procedures and current-year forms must be kept distinct.