TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)-guide
Guide - Remittance of TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)
- Select Online Form “CHALLAN NO/ITNS 281”.
- Select the "Tax Applicable" -
(0020) Company Deductee - if the TDS has been deducted against payment to a Company.
(0021) Non-Company Deductees - if the TDS has been deducted against payment to any other person other than a Company (i.e. Individual Sole Proprietor, Partnership Firm, HUF) - Tax Deduction Account No - Enter the TAN Number allotted to you or your Firm / Company.
- Assessment Year - Assessment year is the year in which you are required to file your Income Tax returns for the financial year in which you made the payment and deducted TDS. (Eg - Income Tax returns for FY 2016-17, i.e 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017, are required to be filed in AY 2017-18) If you are not sure about the assessment year, please contact us to clarify. If the remittance is made with the wrong assessment year, the TDS Challan cannot be rectified later.
- Address – Enter your Communication Address
- Type of Payment - If you have deducted TDS and need to remit the same to the Department yourself, please select "(200)TDS/TCS Payable by Taxpayer.
- Nature of Payment - Please select the type of payment under which you have deducted TDS.
- Select the Bank with which you have a net-banking facility, and Proceed for Payment.
- Type the characters you see in the picture. In given space these characters are case sensitive.
- Click “Proceed” and Check all the details entered by you and go for Payment. Once you click "Next", the site displays a confirmation screen with the details entered, verify all such details before making the payment since any mistake made cannot be corrected later.