What is Form 16 / 16A? It is the certificate of deduction of tax at source by any person in accordance with Chapter XVII-B of IT Act. Form 16 is issued on deduction of tax by the employer on behalf of the employee under section 192 of IT Act, 1961. Form 16A is issued if the deduction…
The procedure for requesting Form 16 from TRACES website has been given below: From FY:18-19 onwards, the Income Tax department is now providing both Part A and Part B of Form 16 (TDS certificate for employee) The steps for requesting Form 16 are: Login to TRACES after giving User ID, Password, TAN of the Deductor…
Following are different matching statuses in Form 16 / Form 16A: U-Unmatched (Deductor has not deposited taxes or has furnished incorrect particulars of tax payment. Final credit will be reflected only when payment detail in bank matches with details of deposit in TDS/TCS statement) P-Provisional (Provisional tax credit is effected only for TDS / TCS…
Rejection reasons pertaining to challan details are as follows: Challan detail record on which correction has been filed does not exist in regular / previous statement In a correction statement, verification keys from challan data should match with the corresponding fields in regular statement Verification keys for Non Nil Statement-Last transfer voucher number, Last Bank-Branch…
Taxpayers, deductors or collectors can pay direct taxes through Authorised Bank branches either physically, through ATM or through internet. Type of Challans to be used for tax payments Challan Description ITNS 280 For depositing Advance tax, Self Assessment tax, Tax on Regular Assessment, Surtax, Tax on Distributed Profits of Domestic Company and Tax on Distributed income…
Where the employee has deducted the tax at source but failed to deposit wholly or partly, the tax so deducted in government account, the following statutory provisions are attracted:- Interest u/s 201(1A)- The deductor is treated as an assessee in default and interest u/s 201(1A) is leviable @1.5% for every month or part of the…
What is Online Correction? TRACES has provided the functionality of “Online Correction” where deductor can perform correction of TDS return /TCS return online. Following are the various facilities available through online correction: View default summary Rectifying challan mismatch cases Addition of new challan to the statement Pay 220/interest/levy Add or Delete Salary Detail Rectifying statement challan…