Authorisation for claiming deduction in respect of any payment made to any financial institution located in a notified jurisdictional area
Form 10FC belongs to the regime of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The same ground is now covered by Form 61 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026. It is a prescribed form, which means the Act or the Rules require this shape and no other. The assessee signs and files this himself.
Neither side of the department’s description names a section or a rule, so there is nothing here we can point at without guessing. The enabling provision is on the form itself.
| Under the 2026 Rules | What the department calls it |
|---|---|
| Form 61 | Authorisation for claiming deduction in respect of any payment made to any financial institution located in a notified jurisdictional area (the wording is unchanged) |
You meet it when money, a related party or a permanent establishment sits on the other side of a border. It usually has to be in place before the transaction, not after it, and the department reads it against the treaty as well as the Act.
Form 3CEAA, Form 3CEAB, Form 3CEAC, Form 3CEAD, Form 3CEAE, Form 3CEB, Form 3CEC, Form 3CED, Form 3CEDA, Form 3CEEA, Form 3CEF, Form 3CEFA