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As per Notification number 09/2019 CBDT date 06 May 2019 has issued guidelines on issuance of Form 16 Part B from traces Portal.

As per Notification number 36/2019 Dated 12th April 2019 CBDT has updated the Form 16 Part B format and the Form 24Q format. The revised template are framed in such a way that data in both the Form 16 and 24Q will be in tandem to each other.

As per this notification any deductor who has filed 24Q as per the revised format will be able to generated Form 16 Part B from the traces portal. Now deductor will be able to download both Part A and Part B text file from traces portal and use pdf generation utility convert these text file into the pdf files.

The usage of Part B generated from TRACES brings in consistency. As per the revised format of 24Q now department has in-depth data into the salary structure of the employee i.e Salary u/s 17(1),17(2),17(3), Exemption u/s 10 etc. It is also said that department will prefill the ITR-1 from this year onwards based on the data uploaded by the employer in 24Q thereby removing the hassle of entering the salary details by the employees.Thus any alteration by the employee i.e claiming more exemption or deduction will be flagged by the risk management software of the Income tax department for manual verification.

Step by step procedure on how to generate Form 16 Part B from TRACES.

  1. Login to the TRACES account
  2. Go to Downloads >> Form 16
  3. Bulk PAN download FY 2018-19
  4. Fill in Challen Identification Number details and Unquie PAN-Amount combination
  5. Submit the request and wait for 5-6 hours
  6. Go to Requested Download
  7. Once the Bulk Form 16 Part A&B File is” available “ download the same
  8. Download the TRACES-PDF-CONVERTER V 1.0L (PART B)
  9. Use the TRACES utility to upload the zip file downloaded from traces and generate PDFs

Now a days decision being taken by the income tax department is becoming more and more data driven.This will improve the efficiency and plug the leakage in revenue.

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32 Comments

  1. R RADHAKRISHNAN says:

    Sir,
    I am trying for registering for TRACES as I have to take Form 16-B, If I put login, date of birth and surname. After captcha it says its not matching. I am keening as per my PAN CARD. Please tell me how to correct it. Thanks & Regards

  2. SASIKUMAR says:

    DOWNLOADED THE 16 PART B FILE FROM TRACES. UTILITY CONVERT THE FILE IN TO PDF IS ALSO DOWNLOADED.I HAVE TO KNOW THE PROCEDURE FOR CONVERTING THE 16 PARTB INTO PDF

  3. Durga Prasad Tiwari says:

    DEAR SIR HOW TO MAKE CORRECTION IN PART A OF FORM 16 FOR 2018-2019 FINANCIAL YEAR. C.A. MENTION WRONG FINGURE IN GROSS TDS IN PART A.
    SIR KINDLY GUIDE & DO THE NEEDFUL.

  4. Abc says:

    Can you please share a picture of FORM-16 Part B, since it is new and I have never seen it before. Do it has a heading same as Form-16A with TRACES on top.
    The problem is my employer is trying to give me non TRACES Form 16 B where the signature is not verified and on repeatedly asking for it they have denied it. Please tell me how we can verify if document is TRACES generated Form 16B

  5. JAYANTH says:

    I have submitted Form 24Q on 10th May, 2019. Now while downloading Form 16 Part B , it says “Data Available in 24Q Annexure II is not as per prescribed format to generate Form 16 Part B”. So whether I need to File Revised 24Q to submit details as per Ann II or I need to Generate Form 16 B from my TDS Software?.

  6. Sandeep A says:

    I find the form 16 part B from traces has partly calculated the relief us 87 correctly and partly not for some employee .Is it auto calculated or we need upload this column,

  7. prashanth says:

    sir i downloaded utility from traces. but wen i click that utility it should automaticaly it wil fill ryt? but its empty we should enter password and zip file and all before proceeding. help me out in this sir

  8. Gajanan Ingle says:

    We have generated Form -16 and amouts are tallied, but in part B there is no head/ entry of showing HBA Interest… Give solution pl. Whether the Form -16 format will be changed, whether we wait to issuw Form 16

  9. Parag says:

    I have submitted Form 24Q on 10th May, 2019. Now while downloading Form 16 Part B , it says “Data Available in 24Q Annexure II is not as per prescribed format to generate Form 16 Part B”. So whether I need to File Revised 24Q to submit details as per Ann II or I need to Generate Form 16 B from my TDS Software?.

  10. Javed Anjum says:

    Sir from where i can download “TRACES-PDF-CONVERTER V 1.0L (PART B)” converter for free. Converter for part a not converting part B.

  11. SASIKANTH says:

    This notification/change came after i filed TDS for Q4. I filed on 20/04/2019. Now when i am trying to download form 16 part b, in remarks it was mentioned as “Data Available in 24Q Annexure II is not as per prescribed format to generate Form 16 Part B”. Can you advice what can be done.

  12. ANIL KUMAR SHARMA says:

    sir I download the 24q 4 quarter part A and B and also download the pdf converter for Part B but this converter generated only 255 pdf file instead of 2525. please help

  13. Kehar Singh says:

    But there is no option available like Bulk form 16 (Part A & B) in Traces under download tab. Form 16 only is available. So how to…..

  14. RAJESH DEVALIA says:

    DEAR SIR HOW TO MAKE CORRECTION IN PART B OF FORM 24Q FOR 2018-2019 FINANCIAL YEAR. I MENTION WRONG FINGURE IN GROSS SALARY IN PART B.
    SIR KINDLY GUIDE & DO THE NEEDFUL.

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