TMI BlogOPTION TO CERTIFY TDS CERTIFICATES BY WAY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURES CIRCULAR UNDER SECTION 119 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Act, 1961 lay down that every person responsible for deduction of tax at source shall furnish a certificate of deduction of tax at source to the deductee specifying therein the amount of the tax deducted and the rate at which the tax has been deducted and other particulars prescribed under rule 31 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. The relevant Form for such certificate in respect of tax deducted at s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the Assessing Officer in terms of section 139C, inserted by the Finance Act, 2007. The TDS claim made in the return of income is also required to be matched with the e-TDS returns furnished by the deductors. Assessing Officers may, if considered necessary, also write to the deductors for verification of the correctness of the taxes deducted or other particulars mentioned in the certificate. 3. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the PAN of the employee are correctly mentioned in such Form No.16 issued with digital signatures. The deductors will also ensure that once the certificates are digitally signed, the contents of the certificates are not amenable to change by anyone. The income-tax authorities shall treat such certificate with digital signatures as a certificate issued in accordance with rule 31 of the Income-tax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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