Effective from 1st October 2024, issue of certificates under Section 197 (lower deduction / collection) has been extended to include Sections 194Q and 206C. This change is a landmark as it provides relief to businesses involved in the purchase of goods. What is the Change? Previously, certificates under Section 197 for lower TDS/TCS were not…
Extension of time limits for certain TDS compliances has taken place, to provide relief to taxpayers in view of the severe pandemic. Reference: Circular No. 12 dated 25th June 2021 issued by CBDT 15th July 2021 – Due date of filing TDS Return for Quarter 4 of Financial Year 2020-2021 (Earlier it was 30th June…
Failure to deduct taxes or wrong deduction of TDS (non deposit, short deposit or late deposit) : Default/ Failure Section Nature of Demand Quantum of demand or penalty Failure to deduct tax at source 201(1) Tax demand Equal to tax amount deductible but not deducted 201(1A) Interest @1 % p.m. of tax deductible 271C Penalty…
Given below are some do’s and don’ts for filing of TDS returns: Do’s Ensure that TDS return is filed with the same TAN against which TDS payment has been made. Ensure that correct challan particulars including CIN and amount is mentioned. Correct PAN of the deductee is mentioned. Correct section is quoted against each deductee…
Section 115BAC has been inserted in the Finance Act 2020 in the recent budget. This allows the option to Individuals & HUF to avail concessional rate of income tax with certain conditions pertaining to claiming deductions & other concessions. The other existing option will also continue. This comes into effect from April 2020 (i.e. FY:2020-21…
Given below are some dos and don’ts for the filing of TDS returns: Dos Ensure that TDS return is filed with the same TAN against which TDS payment has been made. Ensure that correct challan particulars including CIN and amount is mentioned. Correct PAN of the deductee is mentioned. Correct section is quoted against each…
Given below are the points one should remember regarding TDS statement: Correct Reporting: Cancellation of TDS return and deductee row is no longer permissible. Accordingly, it is very important to report correct and valid particulars (TAN of the deductor, Category (Government / Non-Government) of the deductor, PAN of the deductees and other particulars of deduction of…
Steps for filing TDS/ TCS Return online: Step – I The data structure (file format) in which the e-TDS / e-TCS return is to be prepared has been notified in https://www.tin-nsdl.com/services/etds-etcs/etds-rpu.html Step – II e-TDS/e-TCS return in accordance with the file formats is to be prepared in clean text ASCII format with ‘txt’ as filename…
Last year, vide its Notification No. 36/2019 by the Income Tax Department 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…
The Income Tax Department has released by today (12th June 2020), the following new File Validation Utilities: FVU version 6.7 – For statement pertaining to FY 2020-21 onwards FVU version 2.163 – For statement up to FY 2009-10 Click here to view the key features of FVU version 6.7 & FVU 2.163 TDSMAN will incorporate…