Claiming TDS credit score will likely be troublesome if financial institution doesn’t have PAN information

Have you submitted your everlasting account quantity (PAN) to your financial institution? If not, the financial institution can deduct TDS (tax deducted at supply) at a better fee of 20% on curiosity you’ve gotten earned on deposits. As you’ve gotten already paid TDS on curiosity earnings, you’ll need to get it adjusted to your general tax legal responsibility. Also, if the tax deducted was greater than your tax legal responsibility (for those who fall in a decrease tax bracket), you’ll be able to declare a refund. The taxpayer must present pre-tax, or gross, earnings within the ITR and the credit score for tax paid must be taken individually.

However, it’s possible you’ll face an issue in claiming TDS credit score, because it is not going to get mirrored in your Form 26AS since you didn’t submit PAN with the financial institution. The TDS return filed by the financial institution will present, “PAN not obtainable”.

Every particular person liable to deduct TDS has to file TDS return. If the deductee has given the PAN, the deductor will present the TDS deducted towards the PAN within the TDS return. The tax division will use this information, which will likely be mirrored in Form 26AS of the PAN holder.

But if PAN was not submitted, it is not going to mirror in Form 26AS of the deductee. So, how will you declare TDS credit score?

“It is not going to be doable to say TDS credit score if PAN shouldn’t be furnished by the deductee. If PAN is furnished after the deduction of tax and submitting of TDS return by the deductor, then the deductor could also be requested to file a correction assertion to his TDS return mentioning the PAN of the involved particular person whose TDS is deducted,” mentioned Shailesh Kumar, accomplice, Nangia & Co.

“If the deductor accepts the request and information a TDS correction assertion mentioning the PAN, then such TDS will mirror in Form 26AS of the involved particular person, after the TDS correction assertion filed by the deductor is processed, then the particular person will be capable of declare credit score,” added Kumar. However, there’s a risk that the deductor doesn’t conform to file a revised TDS return.

“In such circumstances, the tax deductee (the taxpayer) may avail credit score on the premise of the Transaction-Based Report (TBR) issued to him by the tax deductor. However, this may occasionally result in discover being issued to the taxpayer because of the discrepancy between the TDS claimed within the income-tax return filed and TDS mirrored in Form 26AS. However, a rectification utility could also be filed on this regard by the taxpayer to say the TDS credit score primarily based on the TBR,” mentioned Suresh Surana, founder, RSM India.

Therefore, if you wish to keep away from any hassles, it’s all the time higher to submit your PAN wherever required.

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