Solutions to the errors while doing the E-TDS- Articles Explains Specific Errors description with solutions and General Errors description with Solutions. Error description contains record type, Error Code T-FV, Description of Error and Solution of Error related to E-TDS Return.
Filing electronic TDS (E-TDS) returns is a crucial compliance requirement for businesses in India, involving the submission of detailed records of tax deducted at source to the Income Tax Department. Despite the meticulous nature of this process, filers frequently encounter various errors that can hinder successful submission. These errors, often identified through error codes, can arise from issues in file headers, batch records, challan details, or deductee details. Understanding and resolving these errors is essential for ensuring accurate and timely E-TDS filings.
This guide provides an in-depth analysis of specific and general errors encountered during the E-TDS filing process, along with practical solutions for each. The errors are categorized based on their record type and error code, accompanied by descriptions and corrective actions. This structured approach will aid filers in efficiently addressing errors, thereby streamlining the E-TDS return submission process.
Also Read: TDS Returns: Solution to FVU Errors T_FV_6351 and T_FV_6354
Specific Errors description with solutions
Line No. |
Record |
Error |
Description |
Solution |
1 |
File Header |
1000 |
Invalid File Header Record Length | Select (.txt) file instead of (.html) file for validation.If Data is beyond the maximum character length allowed. |
1 |
File Header |
1006 |
Invalid File Creation Date | Check the current Date of system & Date format of System according to s/w.For e-TDS/AIR dd/MM/yyyy. |
1 |
File Header |
1007 |
Invalid File Sequence Number | Please give the file sequence number while generating the file. |
1 |
File Header |
1010 |
Invalid TAN/TFC Id | Give the correct TAN |
2 |
Batch |
2027 |
Invalid TAN of Deductor / Employer / Collector | Correct the TAN |
2 |
Batch |
2030 |
Invalid PAN of Employer /Deductor/Collector | Correct PAN |
2 |
Batch |
2034 |
Invalid Assessment Year / Financial Year | Correct the Assessment Year / Financial Year. |
2 |
Batch |
2041 |
Invalid Employer / Deductor / Collector State | Correct the State Spell/ give the State Name correctly (in block letters) |
2 |
Batch |
2042 |
Invalid Employer/Deductor/ Collector PIN Code | Correct the PIN code of 6 digits.Give the PIN code of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2043 |
Invalid Address Change Indicator of Employer/Deductor/ Collector | Please specify whether the Address of Employer / Deductor / Collector is changed or not. |
2 |
Batch |
2045 |
Invalid Responsible Person’s Designation | Give the Designation of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2047 |
Invalid Responsible Person’s Address 2 | Give Address 2 of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2049 |
Invalid Responsible Person’s Address 4 | Give Address 4 of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2050 |
Invalid Responsible Person’s Address 5 | Give Address 5 of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2051 |
Invalid Responsible Person’s State | Give the correct Spelling of state of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2053 |
Invalid Person Responsible Email Id1 | Give correct e-mail ID if present or don’t give any value. |
2 |
Batch |
2076 |
Invalid Deductor Type | Specify type of deductor Govt / Other. |
2 |
Batch |
2080 |
Person Responsible Address1 is mandatory | Give Flat No. / Address1 of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2081 |
For Regular, C1 or If Batch Updation Indicator is ‘1’, Employer/Deductor/Collector Address 1 is mandatory | Give Flat No. / Address1 of Employer / Deductor / Collector. |
2 |
Batch |
2083 |
For Regular, C1 or If Batch Updation Indicator is ‘1’, Employer/Deductor/Collector PIN Code is mandatory | Give the pin code. |
2 |
Batch |
2086 |
Person Responsible State is mandatory | Give the State of Person Responsible. |
2 |
Batch |
2088 |
Person Responsible Pin is mandatory | Give the Pin code. |
2 |
Batch |
2101 |
Employer/Deductor/Collector Name is Mandatory | Give the Employer Name |
3 |
Challan |
3021 |
Invalid Bank Challan No | This error occurred if challan number or BSR code or both is given when deposited by book entry. |
3 |
Challan |
3035 |
Invalid Bank Branch Code | This error occurred when BSR code is less than 7 characters. |
3 |
Challan |
3043 |
Invalid Section / Collection Code | If value of section code is incorrect / not given in Challan Detail. |
5 |
Challan |
3048 |
TDS / Income Tax Amount is not equal to Total Tax Deposited | If TDS / Income Tax + Surcharge + E. Cess + Others is not equal to Total Tax Deposited |
3 |
Challan |
3066 |
Sum of TDS/TCS-Interest Amount + TDS/TC S-Others (amount) + Total Tax Deposit Amount as per deductee annexure is greater than Total of Deposit Amount as per Challan/Transfer Voucher number | Cheque whether Total Tax Deducted is greater than Total Tax Deposited by challan.Cheque whether Total of TDS / TCS ~ surcharge ~ E. Cess ~ Interest in Challan detail is mismatch with deductee detail annexure. |
3 |
Challan |
3104 |
Invalid By Book entry / Cash | Give challan number if not given, and select no in ‘Deposited by Book Entry’.Delete challan no. and Bank BSR code if deposited by book entry. |
3 |
Challan |
3115 |
Invalid Cheque / DD number | Give the value of Cheque/DD No. if present in Challan Detail Table.If deposited in Cash then give value 0 in Cheque/DD No. column. |
3 |
Challan |
3116 |
For Transaction Type C5, Cancellation or Nil Challan or If Challan Updation Indicator is ‘0’ or if Transfer Voucher, Cheque / DD number must not be provided | Give challan number if not given, and select no in ‘Deposited by Book Entry’.Delete challan no. and Bank BSR code if deposited by book entry. |
4 |
Deductee |
4009 |
Invalid Employee/Party PAN | Give the correct PAN of Employee in Annexure (i) TDS Detail Table (Deductee wise break up of TDS) |
4 |
Deductee |
4010 |
Invalid PAN Reference number | No value should be given in PAN reference No. Column when given PAN number in deductee detail table is given. |
4 |
Deductee |
4012 |
Invalid Name of Employee / Party | Give the Name of the Employee in Annexure (i) TDS Detail Table (Deductee wise break up of TDS) |
4 |
Deductee |
4020 |
File Does Not Exist / Empty | Give the correct file name.File name should start with alphabet. |
Deductee |
4098 |
Invalid Date on which tax Deducted / Collected | This error occurred when Date of Deduction / Collection is after quarter ending or check the date format as per s/w or check the A.Y. selected for given quarter. | |
4 |
Deductee |
4212 |
‘Date of Deposit’ must be same as ‘Date of Bank Challan No./Transfer Voucher No.’ | Date of Challan & Date of Tax Deposited must be same. |
General Errors description
SR No. | Record Type |
Error Code T-FV- | Description |
1 | File Header | 1002 | Line number not in Sequence |
2 | File Header | 1003 | Valid line number must be provided |
3 | File Header | 1008 | A File cannot have more than 10 Batches |
4 | File Header | 1009 | Invalid TAN/TFC Id Indicator |
5 | File Header | 1012 | For Regular upload only one batch is allowed |
6 | File Header | 1013 | Batch Count Mismatch |
7 | File Header | 1014 | Duplicate File Header Record |
8 | File Header | 1015 | For Deductor/Collector Upload File Sequence number is mandatory |
9 | File Header | 1018 | Mismatch between number of Batches Specified in File Header Record and number of Batches present in File |
10 | File Header | 1019 | Invalid File Format |
11 | File Header | 1020 | File does not exist or Empty File |
12 | File Header | 1021 | FVU Version is either Incorrect or NULL |
13 | File Header | 1026 | Mismatch of FVU File Level HashCode. |
14 | File Header | 1029 | Invalid Challan Input file. |
15 | File Header | 1030 | CIN File Not Exists in required Path. |
16 | File Header | 1031 | Empty CIN File Uploaded. |
17 | File Header | 1032 | Number Of challan in CIN File Header is not matched with Number of challan present. |
18 | File Header | 1034 | Invalid RPU Type. |
19 | Batch | 2001 | Invalid Batch Header Record Length |
20 | Batch | 2002 | Line number not in Sequence |
21 | Batch | 2003 | Invalid Line number |
22 | Batch | 2005 | Invalid Batch number |
23 | Batch | 2006 | Invalid Count Of Deductee |
24 | Batch | 2007 | Invalid Transaction Type |
25 | Batch | 2014 | Valid Previous RRR No must be provided |
26 | Batch | 2018 | Valid RRR Number must be provided |
27 | Batch | 2026 | For Correction File ,Last TAN of Deductor/Employer/Collector is mandatory |
28 | Batch | 2028 | TAN of Deductor/Employer/Collector is mandatory |
29 | Batch | 2033 | Valid Financial Year must be provided |
30 | Batch | 2037 | Invalid Deductor / Collector Address2 |
31 | Batch | 2064 | Form number is mandatory |
32 | Batch | 2073 | TAN of Employer/ Deductor/ Collector must not be provided |
33 | Batch | 2126 | Invalid Record |
34 | Batch | 2127 | Invalid count of salary detail record |
35 | Batch | 2131 | Count of Challan must not be provided |
36 | Batch | 2132 | Valid Period must be provided |
37 | Batch | 2159 | Assessment Year’ must be same as provided in First Batch of File |
38 | Batch | 2160 | ‘Financial Year’ must be same as provided in First Batch of File |
39 | Challan Details | 3000 | Invalid Challan Detail Record Length. |
40 | Challan Details | 3002 | Line number not in Sequence |
41 | Challan Details | 3003 | Invalid Line number |
42 | Challan Details | 3007 | Valid Challan Updation Indicator must be provided |
43 | Challan Details | 3020 | Invalid Oltas-TDS / TCS Income Tax |
44 | Challan Details | 3027 | Oltas TDS/TCS-Income Tax must not be provided |
45 | Challan Details | 3028 | For Nil Challan , TDS/TCS-Interest amount must be 0.00 (zero) |
46 | Challan Details | 3138 | Bank Challan No. should not be provided |
47 | Challan Details | 3149 | Provide valid 7 digit BSR code |
48 | Deductee Details | 4003 | Line number not in Sequence |
49 | Deductee Details | 4005 | Valid Batch Number must be provided |
50 | Deductee Details | 4081 | Date of Deposit must not be provided |
51 | Deductee Details | 4113 | TDS/ TCS Surcharge must not be provided |
52 | Deductee Details | 4140 | To date must not be provided |
53 | Deductee Details | 4156 | Income Tax on Total Income must not be provided |
54 | Deductee Details | 4261 | Deductor PAN is mentioned in the Deductee details |
Republished with Amendments
IN RPU 3.1 COLUMN NO 8 NOT VISIBLE
WHAT THIS ERROR CODE MEANS, T-FV-2092 ‘Batch Total of – Gross Total Income as per Salary Detail’ at Batch Record is not equal to summation of ‘Gross Total Income’ of Salary Detail’
T-FV-2129 Mismatch between count of Salary Details in Batch Header (i.e. BH) and actual number of Salary Details in the Batch.
HOW TO SOLVE THESE ERROS FOR GENERATING FVU FILE FOR TDS? PL HELP
T_FV_6111 Invalid value provided for ‘Income under the head other sources offered for TDS [section 192 (2B)]’.
Please let us know the solution for the same
ERROR CODE FV-SD-65100281 OCCURS.PLEASE CALL ME FOR SOLUTION
Invalid Deductee detail record length. Number of fields are more/less than the specified limit as per the applicable file format. For allowed number of fields, kindly refer the latest applicable file format available at TIN website. –
Can anyone help me with the error T FV 2092
T_FV_6135 Total Deductible amount under Chapter VI-A should be less than Total Gross amount under Chapter VI-A
T_FV_6135 Total Deductible amount under Chapter VI-A should be less than Total Gross amount under Chapter VI-A
Invalid Deductor / Collector Address2
Error code T-FV-2037
T-FV-4035 Mention valid value for ‘Net Income Tax payable’ Solution pls
T-FV-4035 Mention valid value for ‘Net Income Tax payable’pl give us solution
T-FV-4320 Invalid value under remarks field – Allowed values are ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘S’, ‘Y’, ‘T’, ‘R’ & ‘Z’.- kindly guide as need to select flag for Form 24Q1 – salaries return via RPU – TDS is zero
error 4320 while processing 24Q
tds error code T-FV-4086
T-FV-3149 Provide valid 7 digit ‘BSR code’ / ‘Form 24G’ receipt number
govt tds filing
kindly how to rectify the above problem
T-FV-6006 Invalid Section Record Type, i.e. the record type is not as per the prescribed file format
how to resolve, pls help
while validation etds return error occurs that T-FV-6006 Pls give solution
T-FV-4064, what to do for the same
T-FV-2089 Invalid value of batch total of – Gross Total Income as per salary detail .
kindly provide the solution of the above error
Please help us in solving the error T-FV-6006
Invalid Salary Detail Record Length (T FV 4064)
Invalid Salary Detail Record Length (T FV 4064)
what is the solution for this error sir
T-FV-6006 invalid section record type , i.e. the record type is not as per the prescribed file.
plese rectify
While generating FUV the Error msg appears,
T-FV-6006 Invalid Section Record Type, i.e. the record type is not as per the prescribed file format .Pl inform the method to solve it
While generating FUV the Error msg appears,
T-FV-6006 Invalid Section Record Type, i.e. the record type is not as per the prescribed file format .Pl inform the method to solve it
T-FV-3169 Sum of TDS/TCS- Interest Amount + TDS/TCS-Others(amount) + Fee Amount + Total Tax Deposit Amount as per deductee annexure is greater than Total of Deposit Amount as per ‘Challan’ / ‘Transfer Voucher’. Suggestion on this error please.
T_FV_6054 Invalid value provided under Deductor’s Branch/Division. Kindly provide valid value. – please reply?
i am too facing the same problem if you have the solution please share with me.
T_FV_4246 Amount of Payment/Credit/Debited should not be 0.00 (zero), what is the solution
T-FV-2063 Valid Count of Challan/Transfer Voucher Records must be provided
T-FV-2233 For tax deposited through Book entry/Transfer voucher, it is mandatory to quote ‘Accounts Office Identification Number’.
PAN of person responsible for dedcuting tax
T-FV-2235 Invalid PAN provided of person responnsible for deducting / collecting tax. Please provide 10 structurally digit valid PAN.
Please clarify me what is happening
Solutions to error code TFV 4040
ERROR CODES
T-FV-1041
T-FV-4040
T-FV-4023 How can i solve it?
How to solve
T-FV-3141 error
error code 1000 please help me
ERROR CODE T-FV-4257 how to remove it
IF ANY VALUE PUT 0 IN ANNEX THAT ERROR WILL BE SHOWING
T-FV-1040 Consolidated File is mandatory for validating a Correction File.
the above error are display please me solution
SHOWING INVALID FILE. PLEASE UPLOAD A VALID ZIP FILE
how to solve
292 Deductee Regular Name of Employee / Party 26 4 T-FV-4012 Valid employee / party name must be provided
T-FV-4339 No value to be provided under this field.
T-FV-4301
WHEN I PREPARE TDS RETURN FRROM RPU VESION THAT TIME T FV -4300 ERROR OCCURED IN THAT LINE I ENTER A DATE 31/07/2018 IN 2018-19 Q2
Sir We dont have employee reference number when filing the Tds Return they are error file generated how to file Tds returns please help me
T-FV-1044 Barcode is not generated. Please validate the statement again through FVU.
T-FV-1040 Consolidated File is mandatory for validating a Correction File.
the above error are display please me solution
T-FV-1040 Consolidated File is mandatory for validating a Correction File.
T_FV_4326 For no deduction/higher deduction, no value should be provided under this field.
Hi,
We are getting T-FV-1006 ERROR.
Can you please tell us,what should we have to do to solve it?
T-FV-2001 ‘Invalid Batch Header (BH) Record Length’ i.e., number of fields in the batch header are not as per file format.
Please give a solution for this error
T-FV-4339 No value to be provided under this field.
Invalid Amount Format in new usser creation
T-FV-2001 ‘Invalid Batch Header (BH) Record Length’ i.e., number of fields in the batch header are not as per file format.
Pls. suggest how to resolve above error
ERROR CODE 4336 – NOT VALID VALUR FOR ” CONTACT NO. OF DEDUCTEE ” .
WHAT IS VALID VALUE ?
T-FV-4042 Invalid Remark 2
How to solve T-FV-3149 error while generating correction return as challan already booked by 0000000 in original retrurn.