FVU 3.3 will be applicable for quarterly TDS / TCS statements pertaining to F.Y. 2010-11 onwards and FVU 2.131 will be applicable for quarterly TDS / TCS statements pertaining up to F.Y. 2009-10. Both the new File Validation Utilities will be mandatory with effect from February 01, 2012.

Please Note: Up to January 31, 2012 the FVU files generated from both the old utilities i.e. FVU 3.2 & FVU 2.130 and the new utilities i.e. FVU 3.3 & FVU 2.131 will be accepted.

Income Tax Department has changed the date for filing of quarterly eTDS returns for Govt. Deductors vide notification 57/2011 dated 24.10.2011 – The due date of filing eTDS returns has been extended by 15 days for first three quarters of the Financial year but remains the same for last quarter ending 31st March. The amendment is applicable from 01.11.2011 & so it is applicable from the 3rd quarter of F.Y. 2011-12.

Please Note: The changed due dates are applicable only for Government Deductors. For other Deductors there is no change in the due dates.

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This notification relates to eTDS returns covered under rule 31A means for quarterly returns for Forms – 24Q (Salary), 26Q (section 193 to 196D except entries covered in 27Q) and 27Q. As the rule 31AA has not been amended so TCS (Form 27EQ) return due dates remains unchanged unless notified later. Form 16A is to be issued within 15days from the due date of eTDS return filing. So, accordingly now 15 days more are available for issuance of Form 16A also for Govt. Deductors.

The new facility is available for issue of Form 16A from financial year 2010-11 onwards. The Circular states that Companies, Banks & Deductors engaged in banking business will need to mandatorily issue Form 16A downloaded from the TIN website from FY: 2011-12.

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Forms for TDS certificate have been revised to include the receipt number of the TDS return filed by the deductor. Now the Tax-deduction Account Number (TAN) of the deductor, Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the deductee, and Receipt number of TDS return filed by the deductor will form the unique identification for allowing tax credit claimed by the taxpayer in his income-tax return.

Government Authorities (Pay and Accounts Officer or Treasury Officer or Cheque Drawing and Disbursing Officer) responsible for crediting tax deducted at source to the credit of the Central Government by book-entry are now required to electronically file a monthly statement in a new Form No. 24G containing details of credit of TDS to the agency authorised by the Director General of Income-tax (Systems).

Due date for furnishing TDS return for the last quarter of the financial year has been modified to 15th May (from earlier 15th June). The revised due dates for furnishing TDS return are:

Due date for furnishing TDS certificate to the employee or deductee or payee is revised as under:

Speaking at the inaugural function of an Assocham conference on TDS, CBDT member Durgesh Shankar said the all-India direct tax collections have gone up from Rs 3,38,212 crore in 2008-09 to Rs 3,78,350 crore in 2009-10, registering a growth of 11.8 per cent.

The share of TDS (Tax Deduction at Source) has not grown commensurately with the rise in direct tax collection in 2009-10, he said.

The growth in TDS collection has dipped to 36.91 per cent from the earlier 38.49 per cent.

The actual TDS collection has touched Rs 1,39,529 crore from Rs 1,30,172 crore, he said, adding that Bangalore has out-performed many other regions across the country in this regard.

Stating that there is considerable potential for enhanced TDS collection, Shankar said that the government is bringing about a paradigm shift in the functioning of the I-T Department through e-filing, introduction of a tax information network and greater interaction with tax payers.

Manual processing of I-T returns is being phased out gradually and e-filing of corporate returns has been made mandatory, he added.

It is encouraging to see taxpayers taking the e-filing route, Shankar said, adding that central processing centres are being set up at different locations to ensure speedy tax refund.