amendment in tds rules

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AMENDMENT IN TDS RULES A. INTRODUCTION The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has amended the rules relating to Tax Deducted At Source (TDS) vide Notification No. 41/2010, SO No. 1261 (E) dated May 31, 2010. The amendments mainly relate to the date and mode of payment of TDS, TDS Certificates and filing of TDS return.. The amended rules shall apply only to the tax deducted at source on or after 1 st April 2010. B. SALIENT FEATURES AND COMPARISON Salient features of the Notification are enumerated below. We have also tried to capture the difference between the regulations as it was and as it will be after the issue of this notification: I. TDS CERTIFICATE FORMS Prior to Issuance of Notification The provisions stated that the TDS Certificate should include the Tax deduction Account Number (TAN) of the deductor, Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the deductee. These two details would form Unique Identification Number for allowing credit claimed by the tax payer in his income tax return. Post Issuance of Notification The Notification has now amended the rule and further introduced the introduction of the receipt number of the TDS return filed by the Deductor. Now Tax deduction Account Number (TAN), permanent Account Number (PAN) and receipt number of the TDS return will form Unique Number for claiming credit by the tax payer. NMA Insights The Notification mandates the receipt number of the TDS return to be quoted in the income tax return by the tax payer to claim the

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AMENDMENT IN TDS RULES A. INTRODUCTION The   Central   Board   of   Direct   Taxes   (CBDT)   has   amended   the   rules   relating   to   Tax Deducted At Source (TDS) vide Notification No. 41/2010, SO No. 1261 (E) dated May 31, 2010. The amendments mainly relate to the date and mode of payment of TDS, TDS Certificates  and filing of TDS return..  The amended rules shall  apply only  to the tax deducted at source on or after 1st April 2010.   B. SALIENT FEATURES AND COMPARISON  Salient   features   of   the  Notification   are   enumerated   below.  We   have   also   tried   to capture the difference between the regulations as it was and as it will be after the issue of this notification: I. TDS CERTIFICATE FORMS Prior to Issuance of Notification The provisions stated that the TDS Certificate should include the Tax deduction Account Number (TAN) of the deductor, Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the deductee. These two details would form Unique Identification Number for allowing credit claimed by the tax payer in his income tax return. Post Issuance of Notification The Notification has  now amended the  rule  and  further   introduced  the  introduction of   the receipt number of the TDS return filed by the Deductor. Now Tax deduction Account Number (TAN),  permanent  Account  Number   (PAN)  and   receipt  number  of   the  TDS   return  will   form Unique Number for claiming credit by the tax payer.  NMA InsightsThe Notification mandates the receipt number of the TDS return to be quoted in the income tax return by the tax payer to claim the credit. Since TDS certificates are not attached along with the  Income Tax returns submitted by the assessee,   inclusion of receipt number in the return would make the return  more consistent.

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II. MODE OF PAYMENT Prior to Issuance of Notification The Authorities were responsible for crediting tax deducted at the source to the credit of Central Government through book entry.  Post Issuance of Notification The authorities are now required to electronically file a monthly statement in a new form no. 24G containing details  of credit  of TDS to the agency authorized by the Director general  of Income tax. NMA InsightsThe new notification has  provided a  systematic approach   for   the  credit  of   tax  deducted  at source to the credit of central government. This will be less tedious as compared to previous mode of payment.  III DUE DATE FOR FURNISHING TDS RETURN Prior to Issuance of Notification The provisions stated that the due date for filing TDS return for the last quarter of the financial year shall be 15th of June   Post Issuance of Notification The new notification has modified the due date for filing TDS return for the last quarter of the financial year to 15th of May. NMA InsightsSince the last date of issuing Form 16A was fixed at 31st May and the due date of filing the return was   15th  June,   thus   either   incomplete   certificates   used   to   be   issued   (without   the acknowledgement number for last quarter) or there was a delay in issuing the certificates by the Companies. This provision would help bridge that gap.

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 IV DUE DATE FOR FURNISHING TDS CERTIFICATE  Prior to Issuance of Notification  

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Category  

Periodicity of furnishing TDScertificate 

Due date

1. Salary (Form 16) Annual Within 30 days of the end of the financial year

2. Non-Salary (Form 16A) 

Monthly/ Annually Within 30 days of the end of the financial year

  Post Issuance of Notification  

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Category  

Periodicity of furnishing TDScertificate 

Due date

1. Salary (Form No.16) 

Annual By 31st day of May of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the income was paid and tax deducted.

2. Non-Salary (Form No.16A) 

Quarterly Within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing the ‘statement of TDS’

 

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 NMA InsightsSince under the earlier  provisions, the TDS certificate was to be  issued by 30th  April,  thus a number   of   Companies   were   issuing   TDS   certificates   without   filling   the   details   of   the acknowledgement  number  of  quarter  4.  With   this  amendment   the   Income Tax  department would be able to reconcile the data internally and not await the original Form 16A’s before completing the assessments.Also   the   earlier   clause   of   issuing  monthly   Form   16A   was   becoming   too   tedious   for   the Companies, thus quarterly issue of certificate is a welcome amendment. Conclusion These amendments come in as a step forward towards the achieving the objective of paperless filing of Income tax returns by the assessee. CBDT is further strengthening its control over the details  filed  in   the  Income Tax Return by  the assessee and their  authenticity.  These details should reduce the number of notices by the department seeking clarification on the authenticity of the details filed in the Income Tax returns with respect to the TDS certificates. However the CBDT should have considered revising the last date of depositing TDS from 31st May to an earlier date as that may create further complication.