Employers required to collect PAN of the lender banks from the employees to claim Interest in House Property in the salary return

The Finance Act, 2015 had introduced a new section 192(2D) of the Income-tax Act, wherein the employer was obliged to collect the necessary evidence or proof in Form 12BB  to allow any claim for any deduction and/or tax saving investments. One of the requirements in Form 12BB for claiming the interest on house property is…

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Special Discount on TDSMAN (FY: 2020-21)

On popular demand, we are pleased to announce the release of TDSMAN (FY: 2020-21). Now you can prepare TDS Returns for Q4 of FY: 2019-20 and all quarters of the next FY: 2020-21: It covers: ✔  All TDS Returns for FY: 2020-21 ✔  All TDS Returns for FY: 2019-20 ✔  Pending TDS Returns of earlier…

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Dos & Don’ts for TDS Returns

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…

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Nil TDS Statement / Declaration – Overview

TRACES introduced NIL TDS Statement/Declaration of TDS from the FY 2014-15. This is applicable for Deductors who did not deduct any tax during the relevant quarter. What is the benefit of filing a Nil TDS Statement? The benefit of this facility is that instead of filing nil TDS/TCS Statement for a particular quarter/period, one just needs…

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Useful guidelines to avoid common mistakes while submitting TDS Statements

Following are some useful guidelines to avoid common mistakes, while submitting TDS Statements and you are requested to go through the following in detail. Incorrect reporting of 197 Certificates: Please refer to the following guidelines for correct reporting of 197 Certificates: The Certificate Number should be of 10 digits with Alpha-numeric structure. Please refer to…

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TDS/TCS Return – Online Filing

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…

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Form 26A/27BA – Rationale and Brief Analysis

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,…

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Healthy Practices for Error-Free TDS Returns

Healthy practices for error-free TDS returns has been given below:  Deduction/ Collection of Tax at Correct Rates. Timely Deposit of Tax Deducted at Source. Accurate Reporting of data related to tax deductions/ collections made. Submission of TDS Statements within the due dates. Verification and Issuance of TDS Certificates within time. CPC (TDS) is now sending…

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