TDS Certificates
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…
CBDT vide Notification No. F.No.275/25/2020-IT(B) dated 31st March 2020 has provided relief to the applicants of certificates for lower or nil TDS / TCS, under section 195, 197, 206C of the Act for the FY 2020-21 owing the disruption caused by COVID-19. The date has been extended in the following cases: Assessees who have applied…
From Financial Year 2013-14 (AY: 2014-15), while preparing the employee details to file TDS Returns (Form 24Q) in the 4th quarter (Jan-Mar), a provision has been made to separate out the salary earnings of the current and previous employer. This is applicable in case the employee has earned from more than one employer during the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…