- Jan
- 17
- 2013
Soon TDS Correction Statement can be filed with Digital Signature only
CBDT has vide notification No. Notification No. 3/2013, dated 15-1-2013 introduced ‘Centralised Processing of Statements of Tax Deducted at Source Scheme, 2013′ for centralised processing of statements of tax deducted at source. Vide clause 4 of the notification CBDT has specified that correction statement of tax deducted at source shall be furnished under digital signature or verified through a process in accordance with the procedure, formats, and standards specified by the Director General.
Relevant Potion of the above Circular is as follows :-
“Furnishing of correction statement of tax deducted at source
4. (1) A deductor shall furnish the correction statement of tax deducted at source in the form specified by the Director General-
(a) at the authorised agency through electronic mode; or
(b) online through the portal.
(2) The correction statement referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be furnished under digital signature or verified through a process in accordance with the procedure, formats, and standards specified by the Director General.”
Sandeep Kanoi+

Please read title of the topic
Please do not misguide the readers. The Scheme does not make use of DSC mandatory. Mark the words “or verified through a process in accordance with the procedure, formats, and standards specified by the Director General.” Till the time the process is not defined, we can not say that DSCs are mandatory.