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Section 273B insulates the assessee from penalties under Sections 271C (failure to deduct), 271CA (failure to collect), 271H (incorrect / late filing), and 221 (in-default penalty) where reasonable cause is established. Reasonable cause includes: bona fide belief in non-applicability of TDS section, reliance on legal opinion, retrospective amendment, payee's TRC / DTAA claim, complex characterisation issue (royalty vs business profits). Hindustan Steel v. State of Orissa (1972) 83 ITR 26 (SC) and CIT v. Eli Lilly (2009) 312 ITR 225 (SC) doctrine — penalty is not automatic.
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Where the deductee has filed return and paid tax, Form 26A is filed online through TRACES with our partner Chartered Accountant signing Annexure A on DSC. Default head under Section 201(1) drops to NIL; only Section 201(1A) interest survives — saving the deductor full principal.
Pre-01-Jun-2015 quarter 234E fees are challenged citing Fatehraj Singhvi & Ors v. UoI [2016] 73 taxmann.com 252 (Kar HC) — Section 200A(1)(c) was inserted only w.e.f. 01-Jun-2015. CPC-TDS / ITAT benches across India follow this ratio. Multi-lakh fee demands wiped out for Nungambakkam clients.
Each interest row in the Justification Report is recomputed manually — date-deductible, date-deducted, date-deposited audited against challans and books. Form 26A truncation up to deductee return-date applied to the 1% leg. Average interest reduction: 35% to 60%.
Once Form 26A is accepted on TRACES, the second proviso to Section 40(a)(ia) is invoked in the deductor's Section 143(3) assessment to defeat the 30% expense disallowance — Form 26A pulls double duty for Nungambakkam clients.
Our team handles every Online Correction category — C-1 challan correction, C-2 add challan, C-3 personal info, C-4 salary detail, C-5 deductee detail, C-6 row movement, C-7 PAN-Aadhaar, C-8 add challan with row, C-9 PAN correction. Conso File downloaded, corrected, validated through FVU and uploaded same day.
Where the underlying statement is correct but CPC-TDS has wrongly raised default — challan paid but not visible due to OLTAS / BIN issue, double-counted interest — Default Rectification Request is raised on TRACES; CPC-TDS Ghaziabad responds in 30-45 days.
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Why this matters here — In Nungambakkam, the business activity radiating outward from US Consulate and nearby commercial pockets; with quick access via Nungambakkam Suburban Railway and feeder routes connecting Nungambakkam to the rest of Chennai.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — In Nungambakkam, the cluster of diplomatic consulates, corporate offices, hospitality businesses that defines Nungambakkam's commercial fabric.
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Carries collectee-wise particulars of tax collected under Section 206C, covering scrap, timber, motor vehicles, foreign remittance and overseas tour package items.
Issued to salaried employees evidencing tax deducted under Section 192, carrying Part A from TRACES and Part B with detailed salary computation.
Issued to deductees evidencing tax deducted on payments other than salary, downloaded from TRACES with verifiable certificate-number for credit reconciliation.
Consolidated tax credit statement reflecting tax deducted, tax collected, advance and self-assessment tax paid, refunds and high-value transactions, accessed via the e-filing portal.
Issued to collectees by the collector under Section 206C(5), downloaded from TRACES, evidencing the amount collected and deposited.
Used to deposit tax deducted at source and tax collected at source to the credit of the Central Government, with separate codes for company and non-company deductees.
Filed by the recipient to the jurisdictional Assessing Officer (TDS) to obtain a certificate for nil or lower deduction where the recipient's estimated tax liability so justifies.
Prescribed form for filing the first appeal against an intimation under Section 200A or an order under Section 201, accompanied by grounds, statement of facts and prescribed fee.
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Sub-section (1) of Section 200 of the Income-tax Act 1961 casts an obligation upon every person deducting any sum in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-B to pay the sum so deducted to the credit of the Central Government, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed mode. It is to be noted that the obligation is fastened on the deductor in his capacity as an agent of the revenue, and the deposit is a precondition for the deductee being entitled to the corresponding credit. Sub-rule (1) of Rule 30 prescribes seven days from the end of the month of deduction, except for March deductions where the cut-off is the thirtieth day of April.
View sourceSub-section (1) of Section 201 provides that where a person who is required to deduct tax fails to deduct, or, having deducted, fails to pay the whole or any part of the tax to the credit of the Central Government, he shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such tax. The first proviso, inserted with effect from the first day of July 2012, carves out a relief — the deductor shall not be deemed in default if the deductee has furnished a return under Section 139, has taken the receipt into the computation of total income and paid the tax due, and the deductor furnishes a certificate in Form 26A from an accountant.
View sourceSection 271H provides that without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, the Assessing Officer may direct that a person who fails to deliver a statement within the time prescribed in Section 200(3), or who furnishes incorrect information in such statement, shall pay, by way of penalty, a sum which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees. Sub-section (3) carves out an immunity where the tax, interest and fee have been paid and the statement has been delivered before the expiry of one year from the time prescribed for delivery. It is to be noted that the immunity is statutory and not discretionary.
View sourceSub-section (1) clause (a) of Section 246A, read with Section 200A(1), confers a statutory right of appeal to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) against an intimation under Section 200A or an order under Section 201. Sub-section (1) of Section 249 prescribes a thirty-day window from service of the order for filing Form 35 along with the prescribed fee. It is to be noted that the Commissioner (Appeals) may admit an appeal after the expiry of the said period under sub-section (3) of Section 249 if sufficient cause is shown for not presenting it within the prescribed period.
View sourceSub-section (3) of Section 201, as substituted by the Finance Act 2014 and amended by the Finance Act 2022, provides that no order under sub-section (1) shall be passed at any time after the expiry of seven years from the end of the financial year in which payment is made or credit is given, or two years from the end of the financial year in which the correction statement is delivered, whichever is later. It is to be noted that the seven-year outer ceiling, extended from six years by the Finance Act 2022, applies to all pending and future proceedings, subject to the saving provision in the Explanation.
View sourceSub-section (1) of Section 200A provides for processing of every quarterly statement filed under Section 200(3) by the Centralised Processing Cell — TDS at Ghaziabad. Clauses (a) to (d) thereunder authorise the arithmetical computation of the sum deductible, the interest payable, the fee chargeable under Section 234E and the sum payable by, or refundable to, the deductor. Clause (c), inserted by the Finance Act 2015 with effect from the first day of June 2015, is the statutory hook for adjustment of fee under Section 234E. It is to be noted that an intimation under sub-section (1) is appealable before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) under Section 246A(1)(a).
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Because PIN 600034 sits inside the Chennai North jurisdiction, the handling office for Nungambakkam stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. For TDS Notice Reply at PIN 600034, understanding the Anna Nagar Division's documentation norms removes most of the friction from the process. Records we prepare for Nungambakkam carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.0644, 80.2412, which map each submission back to this locality. Nungambakkam is one of central Chennai's premier diplomatic, corporate and hospitality districts, home to consulates, multinational offices, five-star hotels and Loyola College. GST clients are typically corporate services, hotels, restaurants and high-value retail.
Most commerce in Nungambakkam — invoices, expenses, purchases and statutory records — eventually surfaces in the TDS Notice Reply working file we maintain for clients here. Nungambakkam sustains a very high flow of commerce for a diplomatic corporate hospitality central locality, and that flow is the raw material for the TDS Notice Reply files we close here. Commercial activity in Nungambakkam runs very high, so TDS Notice Reply volumes scale through peak months and we staff the Nungambakkam desk accordingly. Working in Nungambakkam brings a logistical edge: proximity to Loyola College and the Nungambakkam Suburban Railway corridor keeps physical document handling fast.
TDS Notice Reply for healthcare businesses in Nungambakkam hinges on getting the sector's recurring entries right the first time. healthcare units around Nungambakkam share recurring TDS Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. For a healthcare business in Nungambakkam, the TDS Notice Reply scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. A healthcare operator in Nungambakkam gets a TDS Notice Reply workflow shaped by sector norms, not a one-size-fits-all template.
Document intake for Nungambakkam clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a TDS Notice Reply engagement. We keep a repeatable TDS Notice Reply checklist for Nungambakkam so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Working papers for Nungambakkam TDS Notice Reply engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer. Every TDS Notice Reply file we open for Nungambakkam is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years.
Proximity to Chetpet means a Nungambakkam engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. TDS Notice Reply clients in Chetpet are handled by the same practitioners who run our Nungambakkam desk. We treat Nungambakkam and Chetpet as one catchment for TDS Notice Reply, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. A client relocating between Nungambakkam and Chetpet keeps the same TDS Notice Reply file and the same team.
The TDS Notice Reply mistakes we see most in Nungambakkam are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Common patterns in the Anna Nagar Division give Nungambakkam businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt TDS Notice Reply issues. Patterns we track for Nungambakkam include healthcare documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Anna Nagar Division tends to raise. Sector signals in Nungambakkam — seasonal healthcare swings and peak-period volumes — shape how we schedule TDS Notice Reply work.
Incorporating in Nungambakkam comes with jurisdiction, registration and TDS Notice Reply steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch. We onboard new Nungambakkam entities onto a TDS Notice Reply cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle. For a new business incorporating in Nungambakkam or shifting its principal place of business here, TDS Notice Reply setup is one of the first things to get right. Relocating a registered office into Nungambakkam (PIN 600034) changes the assessing division, and we handle that TDS Notice Reply transition cleanly.
Section 200A is a computer-processed summary intimation issued by CPC-TDS after statement processing. Section 201 is a quasi-judicial order issued by the jurisdictional AO (TDS) treating the deductor as an assessee-in-default after a show-cause and hearing under natural-justice principles.
Under Section 201(3) as substituted by Finance (No. 2) Act 2024, the AO must pass the Section 201 order within seven years from the end of the financial year in which the payment is made or credit is given to the deductee.
Appeal lies under Section 246A(1)(ha) before the CIT(A) operating through the National Faceless Appeal Centre within 30 days of the order. Further appeal lies to ITAT under Section 253 and to Madras High Court under Section 260A on substantial questions of law.
Yes. Under the first proviso to Section 201(1) read with Rule 31ACB, if the deductee has filed its return, disclosed the income and paid tax, you obtain a CA certificate in Form 26A and upload on TRACES. Primary Section 201 liability is then dropped.
The Supreme Court in CIT v Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages P Ltd held that once the deductee has paid the tax on the income, the deductor cannot be treated as an assessee-in-default for the same amount. Form 26A operationalises this principle under Rule 31ACB.
The Supreme Court in GE India Technology Centre v CIT held that Section 195 TDS obligation arises only where the sum payable is chargeable to tax in India. If the income is not chargeable under domestic law or under a DTAA, no Section 195 deduction is required.
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The TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System (TRACES) is the operational interface through which CPC-TDS communicates with deductors. Sub-rule (2) of Rule 31A of the Income Tax Rules 1962 provides that every default identified during processing is recorded on TRACES with a downloadable Justification Report — a PDF and CSV deliverable that lists row-wise the challan, deductee PAN, section, deduction-amount, default-head and amount-in-default. The Justification Report carries indicative computations only; the binding figures are those in the Section 200A intimation and the consequential demand on the TRACES dashboard. The TRACES architecture follows the OECD Forum on Tax Administration's 2014 design template on digital-by-default tax-payer-services, mirrored in similar withholding-platforms in the United Kingdom (HMRC RTI) and Australia (ATO Single Touch Payroll).
The Indian TDS-default framework is more punitive than comparable OECD jurisdictions on the interest-rate and disallowance dimensions. Section 201(1A) charges interest at 1% per month on non-deduction and 1.5% per month on deduction-not-deposited — i.e. an effective annualised 12% and 18%. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines do not directly cover income-tax withholding, but the comparable HMRC PAYE-default interest in the United Kingdom is benchmarked against the Bank of England base rate plus 2.5 percentage points, currently in the 7-8% range. Australia's ATO general interest charge sits at 11.36%. The disallowance dimension is uniquely Indian — Section 40(a)(ia) disallows 30% of the expenditure (and 100% for non-resident payments under 40(a)(i)) in the deductor's own income, with no comparable provision in major OECD systems where withholding default is treated purely as a separate collection matter.
The Tax Deduction at Source mechanism in India under Chapter XVII-B of the Income Tax Act 1961 implements what the OECD framework calls a pay-as-you-earn collection design. It is to be noted that the policy goal traces to the Direct Taxes Enquiry Committee 1971 (Wanchoo Committee) recommendation that revenue collection be advanced to the point of accrual rather than the point of assessment, reducing tax arrears and broadening the information base. The Comptroller and Auditor General's 2017 performance audit on TDS administration observed that approximately 36% of direct-tax revenue is now collected at source, against an OECD-area average of roughly 60% for income subject to withholding. A TDS notice therefore performs a dual function — it is both a revenue-recovery instrument addressed to the deductor as the assessee-in-default under Section 201, and an information-correction instrument under Section 200A reconciling the deductor return with deductee credit claims in Form 26AS.
The appeal to ITAT is filed in Form 36 prescribed under Rule 47 along with two paper-books containing the order appealed against, the grounds of appeal, the statement of facts and supporting documents. The limitation is 60 days from the date of service of the order under sub-section (3) of Section 253. The appeal fee under sub-section (6) ranges from ₹500 (income up to ₹1 lakh) to ₹10,000 (above ₹2 lakh) plus 1% of assessed-income capped at ₹10,000. Sub-section (5) empowers ITAT to admit a delayed appeal where sufficient cause is shown — Collector Land Acquisition v Mst Katiji applies.
Sub-section (1) of Section 260A provides an appeal to the High Court from an order of ITAT where a substantial question of law arises. The Madras HC, exercising jurisdiction over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, is the appellate forum for ITAT Chennai-Bench orders. The limitation is 120 days from the date of receipt of the order. The Supreme Court has further appellate jurisdiction under Section 261 on grant of certificate by the HC or on special leave under Article 136. The Madras HC in CIT v Sundaram Finance Distribution Ltd and CIT v Shriram Capital have set out the substantial-question-of-law threshold in TDS-default contexts.
Sub-section (2A) of Section 254 (the operational provision for ITAT proceedings) empowers ITAT to grant a stay of demand for an initial period of 180 days extendable on cause shown. The Supreme Court in Pepsi Foods Ltd v Asst CIT (2021) struck down the third proviso to 254(2A) — which had limited the extension power to 365 days even where the delay was not attributable to the assessee — as arbitrary and violative of Article 14. The current position is that ITAT can extend stay beyond 365 days where the delay is not attributable to the assessee, restoring substantial justice. The stay order must record reasons under 254(2A) first proviso.
Sub-section (1) of Section 200A provides that where a statement of tax deducted at source has been made by any person under Section 200, such statement shall be processed by computing — clause (a) tax deductible, clause (b) interest under Section 201(1A) up to the date of processing, and clause (c) fee under Section 234E. The intimation thereafter sets out the sum payable or refundable. It is to be noted that Section 200A is a summary-processing provision — the Bombay High Court in Vodafone Cellular Ltd v ACIT clarified that prima-facie adjustments alone are permissible at this stage; substantive disputes on chargeability or rate must be addressed under Section 201 read with Section 156. The one-year limitation under Section 200A(2) — earlier provision — was relaxed to a longer window post Finance Act 2022 amendments.
Sub-section (3) of Section 200A read with Rule 31A(5) provides for the deductor to file a correction statement. The TRACES Online Correction module supports nine correction-types — C-1 personal information, C-2 challan correction, C-3 challan addition, C-4 movement of deductees, C-5 PAN correction, C-6 PAN correction with verification, C-7 add-modify deductee, C-8 challan-deductee re-mapping, and C-9 lower-deduction-certificate update. Where the default is a data-mismatch (challan unmapped, deductee PAN typo, BIN error) the Online Correction route closes the default without merits-engagement. Where the default is substantive — under-rate, mis-section, non-chargeability — the reply must be filed on merits under the linked Section 154 rectification framework or by appeal under Section 246A.
The boundary between Section 200A and Section 201 is jurisprudentially significant. Section 200A is a return-processing summary provision used by CPC-TDS; Section 201 is a quasi-assessment provision that requires the Assessing Officer (TDS) to record satisfaction that the deductor is in default. The Karnataka High Court in Fatehraj Singhvi held that Section 234E fees could not be charged via Section 200A intimation for pre-01-Jun-2015 quarters since the enabling clause (Section 200A(1)(c)) was inserted with effect from that date. The Allahabad HC and Mumbai ITAT followed this view, while the Gujarat HC in Rajesh Kourani took the opposite view. The unsettled position requires deductors to assess their bench-preference before contesting older quarters.
Section 201 distinguishes — though not always explicitly — between non-deduction (no TDS deducted at all), short-deduction (TDS deducted at a rate or amount lower than what was required), late-deduction (TDS deducted after the prescribed time), and non-deposit (TDS deducted but not deposited with the exchequer). The interest-rate under Section 201(1A) is 1% per month for non-deduction and short-deduction, and 1.5% per month for the deduction-not-deposited category. The disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia) attaches only to non-deduction and non-deposit categories — short-deduction by rate does not invite disallowance per the Calcutta High Court ruling in S.K. Tekriwal, since-followed by multiple benches.
Sub-section (1) of Section 201 provides that where any person, including the principal officer of a company, who is required to deduct tax at source does not deduct, or after such deduction fails to pay, the whole or any part of the tax, such person shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the tax. The Supreme Court in CIT v Eli Lilly & Co India observed that the deeming fiction operates only when there is a primary failure on the part of the deductor — a benign deductor who has acted on a reasonable interpretation of the law cannot be visited with the deemed-default tag. The proviso to Section 201(1) inserted by Finance Act 2012 carves out a relief where the deductee has filed return and paid tax — operationalised through Form 26A.
Form 26A is the operational vehicle for the first proviso to Section 201(1). It requires a chartered accountant in practice to certify that the deductee has — first, included the relevant payment in computing taxable income in the return filed under Section 139, second, paid the tax on the income, and third, furnished the deductor a declaration to this effect. The Form is filed by the deductor through the TRACES portal with the chartered accountant signing Annexure A on Digital Signature Certificate. On acceptance, the Section 201(1) principal-default head is reduced to NIL but the Section 201(1A) interest survives. The Mumbai ITAT in JDS Apparels held that Form 26A is a complete remedy on the principal head.
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TDS Rate in Force is the rate at which tax is to be deducted under each section of Chapter XVII-B, as prescribed by the relevant section read with the Finance Act or the rates in the Finance Act schedule, including any surcharge and health and education cess applicable to the deductee category. Rate determination is the first analytical step in any default defence.
Pre-deposit Norm is the administrative requirement under the Central Board of Direct Taxes Instruction 1914 dated the second day of December 1993, as modified by the Office Memorandum dated the thirty-first day of July 2017, that ordinarily twenty per cent of the disputed demand be deposited as a condition for stay under Section 220(6) pending first appeal.
Quarter of Deduction is the calendar quarter — April-June, July-September, October-December or January-March — to which a deduction relates, determined by the earlier of the date of credit or the date of payment under Section 200(1). Misallocation of a deduction across quarters is a common driver of short-payment defaults in the Justification Report.
Justification Report is the line-by-line default register downloadable from TRACES (Defaults > Justification Report Download) showing every short-payment, short-deduction, late-payment and 234E entry against the deductor's filed statement. It comes in PDF summary and CSV deductee-wise form, both required for a complete Section 200A reply.
Conso File is the consolidated TDS statement file generated by TRACES that combines the original and all correction statements filed for a particular Form Type, Financial Year and Quarter. It is the input file for any further Online Correction and must be downloaded from Statements > Request for Conso File before any C-1 to C-9 correction is initiated.
Online Correction Category C-3 on TRACES is the PAN Correction category used to amend deductee PAN entries in a filed TDS statement without re-uploading the entire return. It is the workhorse correction for Section 206AA short-deduction defaults caused by structurally invalid PAN or inoperative PAN-Aadhaar status.
Default Rectification Request or DRR is raised on TRACES against an erroneous default flagged by CPC-TDS where the underlying statement is already correct — typically challan-paid-but-not-visible due to BIN mismatch, OLTAS sync delay, or system computation errors. Unlike Online Correction, no fresh statement is filed; only the default tag is rectified.
Form 26A Annexure-A is the Chartered Accountant certificate filed online through TRACES under Rule 31ACB read with the first proviso to Section 201(1) certifying that the resident payee has filed his Section 139 return, taken the receipt into account and paid the tax. It wipes out principal short-deduction default but Section 201(1A)(i) interest survives.
Section 201(1A)(i) Interest is the one per cent per month interest charged from the date tax was deductible to the date it was actually deducted, payable by a deductor who has failed to deduct TDS. It survives even after Form 26A relief and runs until the deductee's return-filing date per the proviso to the sub-section.
Section 201(1A)(ii) Interest is the one-and-a-half per cent per month interest charged from the date of deduction to the date of deposit, payable by a deductor who deducted TDS but failed to deposit it on time. It is not relieved by Form 26A since the deductor has admitted holding government money and remains payable in full.
Section 234E Late-Filing Fee is the levy of two hundred rupees per day for every day the TDS statement is filed after the Section 200(3) due date, capped at the TDS amount. Section 200A(1)(c) authorising the 234E adjustment through Section 200A intimation was inserted only w.e.f. 01-Jun-2015 by Finance Act 2015 — pre-amendment levies are quashable on Fatehraj Singhvi.
Section 271H Penalty is the ten-thousand-to-one-lakh-rupee penalty for failure to file a TDS statement or for filing an incorrect statement. Section 271H(3) gives full immunity where the deductor deposits the TDS, applicable interest and Section 234E fee, and files the statement, within one year of the due date.
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“Pre-01-Jun-2015 quarters had 234E fee aggregating ₹3,42,800 in Section 200A intimation. Filed grievance citing Fatehraj Singhvi (Kar HC 2016) and ITAT Chennai bench rulings. CPC-TDS Ghaziabad accepted; entire fee demand reduced to NIL on TRACES within 7 weeks.”
“Vendor PAN structurally invalid triggering 20% under Section 206AA on 194J professional payments. Filed Form 26A Annexure-A through our partner C.A. with vendor's ITR-V and tax payment proof; principal default of ₹18.4 lakh dropped on TRACES; only Section 201(1A) interest of ₹76,000 survived.”
“AO disallowed 30% of foreign-software AMC expense citing non-deduction under Section 195. Argued Engineering Analysis (SC 2021) — payment not royalty under India-Singapore DTAA Article 12. Faceless Assessment Unit accepted; ₹62 lakh disallowance deleted in Section 143(3) order.”
“Justification Report charged 201(1A)(i) interest till date of correction (28 months × 1%). Refiled Form 26A with deductee return date; interest period truncated to 9 months. Default reduced from ₹3.1 lakh to ₹98,000 — ₹2.1 lakh saved.”
“JCIT TDS issued 271H notice for incorrect 24Q Annexure II salary breakup. Filed reply citing reasonable cause under Section 273B — Eli Lilly (SC 2009) doctrine, payroll system migration, voluntary correction filed before notice. Penalty dropped in entirety.”
“Compulsory prosecution recommendation for non-deposit of TDS exceeding ₹25 lakh threshold over two FYs. Coordinated full deposit of TDS + 1.5% interest + 234E fee, filed compounding application under CBDT Guidelines 17-Oct-2024 with compounding fee at 2% per month. Pr. CCIT compounded; criminal proceedings closed.”
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