Validation of TAN number and PAN Number is important for TDS Reconciliation. How companies can automate these processes to avoid notices and penalty from Income Tax Department
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Clause 34 (a) requires furnishing of certain details regarding the amount of payment on which tax was required to be deducted and whether the same has been deducted and deposited to the credit of Central Government.
The concept of TDS was introduced with an aim to collect tax from the very source of income. As per this concept, a person/company (deductor) who is liable to make payment of specified nature to any other person/company (deductee) shall deduct tax at source and remit the same into the account of the Central Government
Clause 34 of Tax Audit Report (Form 3CD) requires Tax Auditors to comment on the overall Tax Deducted at Source (TDS/TCS) compliances by the tax payers. In accordance with the guidelines issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on this clause, the auditors ask for a reconciliation of Financial Statements with the TDS/TCS returns.
01 July 2022 marked another important date for the TDS provisions. It marked the introduction of new sections under the TDS chapter of the Income Tax, 1961. It remains in line with the directive of the government to bring more and more accountability and transparency in the economy. This time the government targeted new areas of the TDS application.
Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is applicable on almost every purchase made by an organization,
whether goods or services.
Companies are supposed to deduct TDS as per Income Tax Act on behalf of Government and deposit
TDS on monthly basis. Non-compliance attracts penalties, disallowance of expenses and prosecution
in some cases.
There has been confusion regarding this hot topic. The question is simply that if a business needs to reconcile then it should reconcile with 16A issued by the deductors or the tax credit statement of 26AS. To resolve this confusion, we need to be back to basics of the TDS receivable reconciliations.
With the end of Financial Year 2021-22, every company would start reconciling 26AS form with their TDS Receivable Ledger.
The amount of TDS/TCS appearing in form 26AS has to be claimed from the government, after reconciliation, when Income Tax Return is filed.
The Mighty #TaxAudit – The Income Tax Audit for the FY 2020-21 is in the news again. The date is extended one more time and there is a sigh of relief everywhere. Here is a take on what makes the tax audit a lengthy process.
