How to file an EDF for Google AdSense
A Google AdSense payout from India is usually an export of advertising services. Here is what to put on the EDF, which SAC code fits, and when the form is due.
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EDF filing guides
These notes explain how to prepare an Export Declaration Form for service exports from India under the rules in force from 1 October 2026. They are in English only. Free EDF does not file the form. You still give it to your bank.
How to file an EDF for Meta payouts and Facebook earnings
Facebook and Instagram earnings paid by Meta are service exports when you are in India. Use the payout statement for the invoice line, and give the form to the bank that receives the money.
How to file an EDF for a PayPal payment
A PayPal receipt shows who paid you and what reached your balance. You still choose the service code, and you add your own name and address before the form is ready for the bank.
How to file an EDF for YouTube earnings
YouTube pays creators through AdSense for YouTube, which is a different payments account from a website. The finalized payment is the figure that belongs on the EDF.
How to file an EDF for AdMob earnings
AdMob earnings are advertising receipts. The performance report is not the payment. Use the transactions list or the printable receipt, the same way you would for website AdSense.
EDF filing deadline for service exports
The filing clock starts from the invoice month. Realisation is a second, longer clock. Both dates changed with the rules that took effect on 1 October 2026.
What to enter in Part 2B of the EDF
Goods use Part 2A. Services use Part 2B. Each overseas recipient you invoiced that month gets a line, and the header of the form still identifies you and your bank.
SAC codes on the EDF for freelancers
Part 2B asks for a Service Accounting Code, the same family of code used on a GST invoice. The bank’s purpose code is a different label, and it is not a column on the form.
One EDF for every client invoiced that month
You no longer need a separate declaration for every overseas client. Group the month’s invoices on one form, and skip any month in which you raised no export invoice.
How to give an EDF to State Bank of India
State Bank of India had not published a separate export declaration form for services when this website was built. The form to prepare is the annex to the 2026 regulations, addressed to SBI.
The filing dates and form fields are summarised on the EDF form guide. A filled form for a payout receipt can be prepared on the dashboard.