TDS

What is the procedure to retrieve TAN - A written request on the letter head has to be sent to NSDL mentioning name of Deductor, TAN and requesting for retrieving TRN. The letter should be signed by ‘Managing Director’ or ‘Chief Financial Officer’ or authorized signatory in the organization along with name and designation and should be preferably digitally signed Full Article

TDS on the charges you pay to a Barber? The word ‘carrying out any work’ in section 194C is limited to any work which on being carried out culminates into a product or result. The word ‘work’ in s.194C is limited to doing something with a view to achieving the task undertaken or carry out an operation which produces some result. The facilities/amenities made available by a hotel to its customers is not covered under any of the categories specified in the term ‘.. Full Article

Brief procedure for receiving Form 16A from TIN website: 1. Login to TAN Registration Account with user id, password and TAN. 2. Request Form 16A by carrying out verification by providing details of challan and deductees present in the TDS statement for which Form 16A is requested. 3. Form 16A will be provided on successful verification. 4. Two attempts within a day for successful verification are provided. 5. On successful verification, request number is generate.. Full Article

How can I update a deductee record? You can update deductee details viz; PAN of deductee, name, amount etc. Steps to update a deductee record are as under: Identify the challan corresponding the deductee record to be updated by its sequence no as per regular statement , CIN, deposit amount as per regular statement Identify the underlying deductee record to be updated by its sequence number as per regular statement under the challan identified as above. Full Article

CA Anand Parkash, FCA, addressed a letter dated 30.4.2012 to Delhi High Court in which he set out the numerous difficulties faced by Income Tax assessees country wide due to the faulty processing of the Income Tax Returns and the TDS deducted at source and request that certain directions be issued by this Hon’ble Court so that lakhs of tax payers are saved from the harassment in filing revised returns/rectification petitions every year. Full Article

TCS means collection of tax at source by the seller (collector) from the buyer (collectee/payee) of the goods (specified u/s 206C of Income-tax Act, 1961, like timber obtained under forest lease, scrap, any other forest produce not being timber or tendu leaves etc.,). For e.g. if purchase value of goods is Rs.10,000/-, the buyer will pay an amount of Rs.10,000/- + X (X being the value of TCS as prescribed under Income-tax Act, 1961) to the seller. The seller will deposit.. Full Article

If I have to deposit fees for filing appeal, what should I do? Corporate Assessee:- In case you have to deposit appellate fees, copying charges or other miscellaneous payments, tick box 0020, thereafter tick box '400 Regular Tax' under 'Type of Payment' and fill up the amount to be paid in 'Others' column under 'Details of Payment'. Full Article

It is obvious that the TDS provisions are going to be expanded day by day even in the direct Tax Code era. In the process to recover more and more tax through this mode of recovery, in many cases tax is also deducted from incomes which are expressly exempt. Many cases are wandering the corridors of various courts of law on this ground. This is also reflected in the decided cases. It seems that the issue gets complicated with the increase of TDS coverage. It will be inter.. Full Article