TDS / TCS (Income Tax) – Information & Resource Bank
A new section 194M has been proposed in the Budget of 2019 wherein an individual or an HUF (those not covered in TDS), is now required to deduct TDS @ 5% for payments exceeding Rs. 50 Lakhs in a year to a resident contractor or to a professional (as defined u/s Section 194C and Section…
Challan no. ITNS 281 is used by deductors to deposit TDS, TCS and demand payment. Following details are necessary to fill while payment of Challan ITNS 281: 1. Tax Applicable : This column has 2 options – 0020: This is applicable in case of income tax of companies if deductee is a company 0021: This…
Vide Notification No. 36/2019 by the Income Tax Department it had substantially modified the format of Part B of Form 16 (Salary TDS Certificate given to Employees) with effect from FY:18-19. Correspondingly, the information to be provided by the employer in Annexure II of Form 24Q-Q4 (Salary Details – providing tax computation of each employee)…
There are 6 types of corrections namely C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C9. The following table briefly talks about each correction type: Type Corrections in: C1 Deductor details: All details of deductor except the TAN No. can be modified. C2 Challan details: All details of the challan can be modified. C2 can include C1 type…
The existing section code 194J (i.e. Fees for Professional or Technical Services) has been sub-divided now into two sections, 194J(a) and 194J(b), effective from August 7 2020. u/s 194J(a) of the Income Tax Act, is related to TDS deduction on fees for Technical Services, and u/s 194J(b) of the Income Tax Act is related to…
Make sure taxes are deducted on time and at correct deduction rates /amount. The applicable section under which the deduction falls should be correctly applied. Tax needs to be deducted either when payment is made or when the amount is credited, whichever is earlier. It implies that the tax needs to be deducted on the…
Important points to note related to ITNS-281 are as follows: 1. Company Deductee/Non-Company Deductee – Although this appears in the Challan format, however it has lost its relevance as now one can include Company / Non-Company Deductee in the same Challan. It does not matter whatever one may select. 2. Assessment Year – The Assessment…
E-Returns for TDS / TCS was first introduced in 2002-03 and it has come a long way ever since. Currently, less than 1% are still on manually filed Returns. The generic procedure of preparing E-Return for fundamental understanding is summarized as below: Step – I The Income Tax Department has specified a data format in…
What is 197 Certificate? The section 197 of Income Tax Act, 1961 provides the facility of non-deduction or lower deduction of tax. The assessee whose TDS is to be deducted on certain receipts can make application before Assessing Officer to get this benefit. The deductee can apply for certificate for non-deduction or lower deduction of…
What is Form 26A/27BA? As per Notification No. 11/2016 and 12/2016 a procedure for furnishing and verification of Form 26A/27BA is introduced for removing of default of Non Deduction/Collection Transaction of tax at source. User may request for Non Deduction/Collection transactions from FY 2016-17 onwards. This request will be raised on or after 1st April,…