In the recent announcement as published in the NSDL-TIN web portal, from the FY 2010-11, instead of printing the Provisional Receipt No. (as provided in the Acknowledgement received on of submission of the TDS return), the Receipt No. is to be printed.
Receipt number to be quoted in Form 16/16A will be generated by TIN. The Receipt number will be generated for the quarterly TDS/TCS statements pertaining to FY 2010-11 and onwards uploaded to TIN. Receipt number generated will be of eight digits (alphabets) and will be applicable only for statements pertaining to FY 2010-11 and onwards. The Eight digit receipt number can be obtained by viewing the status of the quarterly TDS/TCS statement at under Quarterly Statement Status feature available at TIN website (www.tin-nsdl.com).
Receipt number provided by TIN is in addition to the provisional receipt number provided on acceptance/upload of quarterly TDS/TCS statement. Provisional receipt number will be referred as Token no for the statements pertaining to FY 2010-11 and onwards.
