CPC (TDS) follow up for Registration on TRACES

CPC (TDS) has issued an advisory communications to the deductors in which it has stated that the deductors has filed tds statements for different quarters but they have not yet registered on the web portal TRACES.  Therefore, the deductors must register on TRACES to download TDS Certificates (Form 16/ 16A) and avail several other facilities…

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Important due dates of eTDS and eTCS returns

Important due dates in the month of March 2014 has been given below:  Due date to deposit tax deducted (TDS) in March 2014 – 30.04.2014 eTDS return due date for salary Q4 (01.01.2014 to 31.03.2014) (form 24 Q) – 15.05.2014  eTDS return due date for other than salary Q4 (01.01.2014 to 31.03.2014) (26Q) – 15.05.2014 Due date for…

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Important password formats for tax deductors and tax payers

The below table contains the password formats of various informations available in TRACES website which are important for both tax deductors and tax payers. Functionality Password Example Password Formats for Tax Deductors Registration It should contain a minimum of 8 alpha numeric characters with at least one capital letter. Register123 Consolidated File TAN_Request Number of…

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Department notice to Tax Payers regarding Form 16/16A

The department has issued a notice to every Tax Payer stating that every tax payer should insist on getting Form 16/16A from their deductor downloaded only from TRACES website.  (http://www.tdscpc.gov.in) Valid Form 16/16A: Valid Certificate downloaded from TRACES bear 7 character alphabet unique certificate number. It will have TDS-CPC logo on the left side and…

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Deductor not responsible for non-mention PAN of Deductee in TDS Certificate

As per Income Tax rulings regarding issuing of Form-16 or 16A, deductors are not responsible for non-mention of payees PAN in it. In the other words we can say if the TDS Deductee or Taxpayee not provided his PAN before issuing Form-16 or 16A, there is no penalty on deductor for non-mention payee’s PAN in…

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