Friday, July 18, 2008

File your returns without Form 16

The government on Friday (i.e. 18th July 2008) said that the annexures and certificates relating to TDS like Form 16 are not required to be submitted along with Income tax returns.

"No annexures, TDS/ TCS certificates are required to be annexed to the returns of income. Wherever documents are attached with the returns, the receiving official is required to detach and return to the tax payer all such annexures" a statement from CBDT said. It said that the original documents and certificates may be produced by the assessees as and when called for by the AO.

The credit for TDS/TCS will be allowed on the absis of details furnished in the relevant schedules of the returns forms subject to relevant instructions on verification of TDS claims the statement added. AO cannot disallow claim in this regard only on the ground that the TDS/TCS certificates have not been filed with the return, the statement said.

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