CBDT has made it mandatory for TDS deductors to issue PART A of from No. 16 for TDS deduction made on or After 01.04.2012 to by generating it through TRACES Portal and after duly authenticating and verifying it. Part B (Annexure)’ of Form No. 16 shall be prepared by the deductor manually and issued to [...]

The deductor, issuing the Part A of Form No. 16 by downloading it from the TRACES Portal, shall, before issuing to the deductee authenticate the correctness of contents mentioned therein and verify the same either by using manual signature or by using digital signature in accordance with sub-rule (6) of Rule 31.

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently amended vide Notification No. 41/2010 Dated 31/05/2010 the Income Tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules) in respect of the provisions relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS). The new Rules shall apply in respect of TDS on or after 1 April 2010.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had recently notified Rules 30, 31, 31A, 31AA, 37A, 37CA and 37D (Rules) pertaining to tax deducted/collected at source (TDS/TCS) in February 2010. The above notification validated the procedural compliances made during financial year (FY) 2009-10 for the period when the implementation of a new proposed TDS/TCS compliance procedure was kept in abeyance.

Notification No. 41/2010 Time and mode of payment to Government account of tax deducted at source or tax paid under sub-section (1A) of section 192. Mode of payment . Certificate of tax deducted at source to be furnished under section 203.Statement of deduction of tax under sub-section (3) of section 200.Statement of collection of tax under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 206C.

These persons are required to furnish within prescribed time certificates for tax deduction to payees and also to file returns with tax authorities. In case of defaults or non-compliance with the provisions, huge burdens of penalty are laid and/or substantial mandatory interest is levied over the shoulders of the deductor. These persons are also liable to be prosecuted in criminal courts and or imprisonment for failure to deduct or deposit the tax so deducted at source.

All sums deducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 192 to 194, section 194A, section 194B, section 194BB, section 194C, section 194D, section 194E, section 194EE, section 194F, section 194G, section 194H, section 194-I, section 194J, section 194K, section 194LA, section 195, section 196A, section 196B, section 196C and section 196D shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government—