The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a detailed clarification on 29th September 2020, regarding the new TDS / TCS provisions set to become applicable from 1st October 2020. The provisions says that the seller of goods shall collect TCS @0.1% (0.075% up to 31.03.2021). The points regarding the doubts and their clarifications…
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…
Rejection reasons pertaining to challan details are as follows: Challan detail record on which correction has been filed does not exist in regular / previous statement In a correction statement, verification keys from challan data should match with the corresponding fields in regular statement Verification keys for Non Nil Statement-Last transfer voucher number, Last Bank-Branch…
Fees for Late Filing of TDS Returns are as follows: Section 234E-Levy of Fees Failure to submit TDS return on time will result in fees on the deductor. If you delay or forget to file your TDS return, fees of Rs. 200 per day will be levied on the deductor, as long as TDS return is…
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…
Section 194C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 states that any payment to a transporter is subject to a Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) at the rate of: –1% in case if the payee is an Individual or a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), and –2% in case of other payees (i.e. partnership firm, company, trust,…
The sections under which interest for various delays/ defaults need to be paid are as follows: Section 234A for delay in filing the return of income Section 234B for default in payment of advance tax Section 234C for deferment of payment of individual installment or installments of advance tax Section 234D for excess refund granted…
As part of the initiative in improving liquidity owing to the COVID crisis, it has been announced that TDS / TCS rates for non-salary payments will be reduced by 25% across the board. This would be for all payments from 14th May 2020 to 31st March 2021. The revised TDS / TCS chart is as under: TDS…
The procedure for requesting Form 16 from TRACES website has been given below: Since FY:18-19 onwards, the Income Tax department is now providing both Part A and Part B of Form 16 (TDS certificate for employee) The steps for requesting Form 16 are: Login to TRACES after giving User ID, Password, TAN of the Deductor…
* 7th December – due date for TDS/TCS payment for deductions/collections during November, 2020 * Make sure to do the needful to avoid interest. Interest on Late Payment of TDS