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Section 206AA mandates TDS at the higher of (a) the rate prescribed under the relevant section, (b) the rate in force, or (c) 20%, where the deductee has not furnished his PAN. For non-residents, the AAR and several ITATs have held that Section 90(2) overrides Section 206AA where DTAA rate is lower (Serum Institute, Wipro Ltd, Nagarjuna Fertilizers). For residents, 20% is mandatory and short-deduction default is unavoidable unless PAN is subsequently corrected through Online Correction (C-3 challan-based or C-9 PAN correction).
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Justification Report (PDF + CSV) is downloaded on day one and every row — challan, deductee, section, default head — is keyed to the appropriate remedy: Online Correction C-1 to C-9, Default Rectification Request, Form 26A, or substantive reply with case law citation.
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 Tondiarpet 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 Tondiarpet 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.
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Why this matters here — In Tondiarpet, the cluster of port-adjacent trade, industrial, wholesale businesses that defines Tondiarpet's commercial fabric; served by short connections to Royapuram and Washermanpet and onward to central Chennai.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — In Tondiarpet, the business activity radiating outward from Tondiarpet Railway Station and nearby commercial pockets.
Deadline pressure points we see in Tondiarpet: Closer to Tondiarpet, for Tondiarpet units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
Forms most asked about here — In Tondiarpet, where port-adjacent trade businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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.
Prescribed form for filing the second appeal before the ITAT against the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) under Section 250, with cross-objections under Section 253(4) where applicable.
Downloaded by the deductor from TRACES, used as the source dataset for preparing online or offline corrections to an earlier-filed quarterly statement.
Auto-generated PDF and CSV report listing default heads — short payment, short deduction, late deduction, late payment, interest and fee — against a processed quarterly statement.
Certifies that the deductee has filed return, included the receipt and paid the tax, thereby extinguishing the deductor's deemed-default exposure.
Carries deductee-wise particulars of tax deducted from salary payments under Section 192, with Annexure II in the fourth quarter for salary computation.
Carries deductee-wise particulars of tax deducted on payments to residents other than salaries — Sections 194 to 194T as applicable.
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Statutory hooks that bite here — In Tondiarpet, where port-adjacent trade businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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 (3) of Section 200 requires every person deducting tax to deliver, within the prescribed time after the end of each quarter, a quarterly statement to the prescribed authority in the form and manner prescribed by Rule 31A. It is to be noted that Forms 24Q, 26Q, 27Q and 27EQ correspond, respectively, to salaries, non-salary domestic payments, payments to non-residents and tax collection at source. The seven-day grace beyond the thirty-first day of the month following the quarter, made available for the fourth-quarter Form 24Q, has been progressively curtailed by successive amendments to Rule 31A.
View sourceSub-section (1A) of Section 201 prescribes simple interest at one per cent for every month or part of a month from the date on which such tax was deductible to the date on which it is deducted, and at one and one-half per cent for every month or part of a month from the date on which it was deducted to the date on which it is actually paid. It is to be noted that the second proviso truncates the one per cent leg up to the date on which the deductee furnishes the return under Section 139, where the first proviso to sub-section (1) is invoked through Form 26A. Sub-section (1A) is mandatory and not subject to assessing officer discretion.
View sourceRule 31ACB prescribes Form 26A as the certificate from an accountant under the first proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 201, certifying that the deductee has furnished a return under Section 139, has taken into account the receipt for the computation of income and has paid the tax due thereon. Sub-rule (2) requires the certificate to be furnished electronically through the TRACES portal, accompanied by Annexure A from the chartered accountant. It is to be noted that the certificate, once accepted, extinguishes both the Section 201(1) default and, by virtue of the second proviso to Section 40(a)(ia), the corresponding disallowance.
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Tondiarpet is a port-adjacent locality with industrial units, wholesale trade and residential clusters. GST clients are typically wholesale traders, port-related vendors and small industrial units. Statutory correspondence for Tondiarpet businesses routes through the Tiruvottiyur Division, so we align every TDS Notice Reply engagement to that jurisdiction from the start. For TDS Notice Reply at PIN 600081, understanding the Tiruvottiyur Division's documentation norms removes most of the friction from the process. Every Tondiarpet engagement we open begins with the basics: PIN 600081, the Tiruvottiyur Division, and the coordinates 13.1311, 80.2914 that anchor the locality.
Vendors and customers tied to the Tondiarpet Suburban Railway network show up across the invoice trail we reconcile for Tondiarpet TDS Notice Reply clients. Document pickup near Korukkupet is a same-hour errand for our Tondiarpet engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. Tondiarpet sustains a high flow of commerce for a port adjacent industrial and residential locality, and that flow is the raw material for the TDS Notice Reply files we close here. The port adjacent industrial and residential mix of Tondiarpet shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of residential activity and the commercial pulse around Korukkupet.
Sector concentration matters: when Tondiarpet leans toward port-adjacent trade, the TDS Notice Reply risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle. The business mix in Tondiarpet centres on port-adjacent trade, and that sector carries its own TDS Notice Reply quirks we plan for in advance. port-adjacent trade units around Tondiarpet share recurring TDS Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. Because Tondiarpet hosts a cluster of port-adjacent trade businesses, we benchmark each new TDS Notice Reply engagement against patterns we already track for the locality.
The Tondiarpet TDS Notice Reply workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. Document intake for Tondiarpet clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a TDS Notice Reply engagement. Every TDS Notice Reply file we open for Tondiarpet is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years. A Tondiarpet client sees the same TDS Notice Reply cadence each cycle: intake, reconciliation, review, filing, acknowledgement.
TDS Notice Reply clients in Thiruvottiyur are handled by the same practitioners who run our Tondiarpet desk. Coverage from Tondiarpet naturally extends to Thiruvottiyur, so group entities across the area share one TDS Notice Reply workflow. Serving Tondiarpet and Thiruvottiyur from one team keeps TDS Notice Reply turnaround identical across the cluster. Group companies spread across Tondiarpet and Thiruvottiyur consolidate their TDS Notice Reply under one engagement with us.
Each engagement in Tondiarpet adds to a record of what the Chennai North jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next TDS Notice Reply file. Because we work repeatedly across Tondiarpet, we can benchmark a new client's TDS Notice Reply position against the locality norm. Sector signals in Tondiarpet — seasonal residential swings and peak-period volumes — shape how we schedule TDS Notice Reply work. Recurring gaps in Tondiarpet residential records are the first thing our TDS Notice Reply review closes out.
Relocating a registered office into Tondiarpet (PIN 600081) changes the assessing division, and we handle that TDS Notice Reply transition cleanly. A startup setting up near Korukkupet in Tondiarpet gets a TDS Notice Reply foundation built for the Tiruvottiyur Division from day one. New port-adjacent trade ventures in Tondiarpet lean on us to stand up TDS Notice Reply correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. Incorporating in Tondiarpet comes with jurisdiction, registration and TDS Notice Reply steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch.
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.
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.
The original Section 200A(2) prescribed that processing be completed within one year from the end of the financial year in which the statement was filed. Finance Act 2022 substituted this with the wider Section 153 framework. Section 201(3) however carries its own time-bar — a Section 201 order for failure-to-deduct cannot be passed beyond seven years from the end of the financial year (post Finance Act 2014 — earlier two/six year window with intermediate amendments). The Supreme Court in NHPC Ltd held that the Section 201(3) limitation is jurisdictional and a default order issued beyond the period is a nullity. CBDT Instruction F.No.275 of 2014 provides procedural guidance on limitation tracking.
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.
Section 273B provides a reasonable-cause umbrella defence applicable to Section 271H and certain other penalty provisions. The Supreme Court in Hindustan Steel v State of Orissa established that penalty cannot be imposed for technical or venial breach where the assessee acted bona fide. Karnataka HC in CIT v Mascon Multi-Services and Madras HC in CIT v Universal Trade Links applied the doctrine to TDS-deduction-shortfall scenarios where the deductor relied on a beneficial interpretation supported by an Authority for Advance Rulings determination or a tribunal precedent. The defence is fact-intensive — bona fides must be demonstrated through contemporaneous documentation rather than reconstruction.
Since Section 234E fee is levied via Section 200A intimation, the rectification remedy under Section 154 is available where the levy contains a mistake apparent from the record. Such mistakes include — fee levied for the period prior to 01-Jun-2015 (post Fatehraj Singhvi where applicable bench), fee exceeding the tax-deductible cap, fee levied where the statement was filed within the due-date but acknowledged late on TRACES owing to portal failure, and fee continued despite a notified CBDT extension. The Section 154 application must be filed within four years from the end of the financial year in which the order was passed. Where 154 is rejected, the appeal route under Section 246A is available.
Section 234E was inserted by Finance Act 2012 with effect from 01-Jul-2012 levying a fee of ₹200 per day of delay in filing the quarterly TDS statement, capped at the amount of tax deductible. Sub-section (4) of Section 234E declares the fee non-leviable in the cases prescribed — but no such prescription has been issued by CBDT to date. The fee is a fee in the technical sense (a charge for services rendered by the department's processing-system) rather than a penalty, as held by the Karnataka HC in Lakshminirman Bangalore. This technical classification is significant — fee does not require mens rea, is not appealable under Section 246A on merits, and is not subject to Section 273B reasonable-cause relief.
The Karnataka HC in Fatehraj Singhvi v Union of India held that prior to the insertion of clause (c) in Section 200A(1) by Finance Act 2015 effective 01-Jun-2015, there was no enabling mechanism for CPC-TDS to levy Section 234E fee through a Section 200A intimation. The clause-(c) insertion was prospective only — fees raised on quarterly statements pertaining to periods before 01-Jun-2015 are therefore liable to be set aside. The Allahabad HC in Sushila Devi Pyala followed Fatehraj Singhvi. The Gujarat HC in Rajesh Kourani took a contrary view holding that Section 234E itself was the charging provision and 200A(1)(c) was merely procedural. The Madras HC has not authoritatively pronounced.
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Terms you will hear in this area — In Tondiarpet, where port-adjacent trade businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Conso File is the consolidated TDS statement file downloaded from TRACES by the deductor and used as the source dataset for preparing a correction filing. The file is opened in the TDS Return Preparation Utility, edited, validated through the File Validation Utility and uploaded to the TIN-FC.
File Validation Utility is the software utility published by the Protean — formerly NSDL — used to validate the structure and content of a quarterly TDS statement or correction file before it is uploaded to the Tax Information Network. Validation produces a Form 27A and an upload file ready for submission.
Return Preparation Utility is the software tool published by the Protean for the preparation of quarterly TDS and TCS statements in the format prescribed under Rule 31A. The utility consumes the Conso File for correction filings and exports a text file for validation through the File Validation Utility.
Short Deduction Default is the default head raised under the Justification Report where the Centralised Processing Cell — TDS determines that the deductor has applied a rate lower than the rate prescribed under Chapter XVII-B, or has not applied the higher rate triggered by Section 206AA for invalid permanent account numbers.
Short Payment Default is the default head raised in the Justification Report where the tax deposited through Challan 281 falls short of the tax claimed as deducted in the corresponding row of the quarterly statement. The default is commonly an artefact of challan mismatch or row-mapping error rather than substantive non-deposit.
Late Deduction is the default head raised in the Justification Report where the date of deduction recorded in the quarterly statement is later than the date on which the sum was credited to or paid to the deductee — whichever is earlier — as required by Section 194 and allied provisions. Interest under Section 201(1A) at one per cent per month attaches.
Late Payment is the default head raised where the deductor has not deposited the deducted sum to the credit of the Central Government within the time prescribed under Rule 30 — generally seven days from the end of the month of deduction. Interest under Section 201(1A) at one and one-half per cent per month attaches from date of deduction to date of deposit.
Assessee in Default is the statutory characterisation under Section 201(1) of a person who has failed to deduct tax at source under Chapter XVII-B, or having deducted, has failed to pay it to the credit of the Central Government. The characterisation triggers exposure to recovery, interest, penalty and prosecution under associated provisions.
Section 200A Intimation is the order of processing issued by the Centralised Processing Cell — TDS following arithmetical processing of a quarterly statement filed under Section 200(3). The intimation computes the sum payable or refundable, including interest under Section 201(1A) and fee under Section 234E, and is deemed a notice of demand under Section 156.
Section 201 Order is the substantive order passed by the jurisdictional Assessing Officer (TDS) treating the deductor as an assessee in default for failure to deduct or pay tax at source. The order is appealable to the Commissioner (Appeals) under Section 246A and is subject to the seven-year limitation in Section 201(3).
Section 156 Notice of Demand is the formal notice issued upon any sum becoming payable in consequence of an order under the Act. The notice quantifies the demand and triggers the thirty-day pay-or-respond window under Section 220(1). Failure to pay within this window attracts interest under Section 220(2) at one per cent per month.
Section 271H Penalty is the discretionary penalty leviable on a person who fails to file the quarterly statement under Section 200(3) within the prescribed time, or who furnishes incorrect information in the statement. The penalty ranges from ten thousand rupees to one lakh rupees. Sub-section (3) furnishes a one-year immunity window.
Numerical examples showing tax + interest + penalty across common default scenarios.
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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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