As per new provision of tax deduction at source (TDS) under the Income Tax Act 1961 effective from April 1, 2010, TDS at higher of the prescribed rate or 20% will be deducted on all transactions liable to TDS, where the Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the deductee is not available.
Notification has been issued by Ministry of Finance, CBDT, amending the rules regarding Time and mode of payment to Government account of tax deducted/collected at source or tax paid under Section 192/206C, Certificates of tax deducted/collected at source or tax paid, Quarterly statement of deduction/collection of tax.
Taxpayers who have registered to view Form 26AS online can view details of paid refund in their Form 26AS from F.Y. 2009-10 (A.Y. 2010-11) onwards. Refunds received during the selected A.Y. will be displayed in Form 26AS. For instance, refunds pertaining to A.Y. 2005-06 which are received in F.Y. 2009-10 (A.Y. 2010-11) will be displayed in Form 26AS for F.Y. 2009-10 (A.Y. 2010-11).
The following details related to refund will be displayed:
In case PANs of some of the deductees are not mentioned in the e-TDS return, the Provisional Receipt will mention the count of missing PANs in the e-TDS return. The details of missing PANs (extent it can be collected from the deductees) may be furnished within seven days of the date of Provisional Receipt to TIN- FC. e-TDS return will be accepted even with missing PANs.
However, if PAN of deductees is not given in the TDS return, tax deducted from payment made to him cannot be posted to the statement of TDS to be issued to him u/s 203AA.