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In a fresh move, the Finance Ministry today said income tax payers will have to mention receipt number of tax deducted at source (TDS) forms in the returns to claim refunds, from this fiscal. Tax payers will have to mention this number along with his permanent account number (PAN) and Tax-deduction Account Number (TAN) of the deductor, otherwise refunds may not be considered. Full Article

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has reinstated the tax deduction at source (TDS) rules/ forms that were earlier discontinued with effect from April 1, 2009. This latest move, which would come into effect retrospectively from April 1, 2009, clearly indicates that the Income-Tax Department is not looking to implement the concept of unique transaction numbers (UTN) for sometime to come, say tax experts. In March 2009, the CBDT had stipulated that assesses filing re.. Full Article

The government has decided to shelve the introduction of the unique transaction number, which tax payers need to quote along with permanent account number when tax is deducted/collected at source.The scheme was to have come into force from the new year. However, the finance ministry has not ruled out the possibility of introducing a new identity number like UTN from the next fiscal, in addition to the permanent account number to ensure prompt verification and granting of.. Full Article

The Government has decided to make it compulsory to quote Unique Transaction Number (UTN) in the Income-tax return forms to be filed by all the assessees to whom such number has been allocated by the Income-tax Department. Full Article

The government is considering to re-introduce one-pager ‘Saral form for filing income tax return. The form was discontinued in 2007-08 and instead of that ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3 and ITR-4 were introduced for individual taxpayers. Full Article

The CBDT has finally come out with a much awaited Press Release relating to the new TDS rules. All of us were anxiously waiting for some news about the Unique Transaction Numbers that are required to be generated with effect from 1st July, 2009. Full Article

In a circular dated May 21, 2009, CBDT, said, The credit for any TDS...claim will be allowed...if the assessee quotes the relevant UTN for every TDS. Simply put, if a UTN is not mentioned against a TDS transaction then the tax already paid by the individual will be considered unpaid. Full Article

It has been directed that ITR-1 to ITR-8 shall require the quoting of the relevant UTN for every TDS or TCS claim made by an assessee and that the credit for any TDS/TCS claim will be allowed only if the assessee quotes the relevant UTN and the said UTN matches with that in the database [...] Full Article