Now, file your returns without Form 16

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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said annexures and certificates
relating to tax deducted at source (TDS) like Form 16 are not required
to be submitted along with income tax returns.

“No annexures, TDS/TCS certificates are required to be annexed to the
returns of income. Wherever, documents are attached with the returns,
the receiving official is required to detach and return to the tax
payers all such annexures,” a statement from Central Board of Direct
Taxes said here.

It said that original documents and certificates may be produced by
assessees as and when called for by the assessing officer.

The credit for TDS or tax collected at source (TCS) will be allowed on
the basis of details furnished in the relevant schedules of the
returns forms, subject to relevant instructions on verification of TDS
claims, the statement added.

Assessing officer cannot disallow claim in this regard only on the
ground that the TDS/TCS certificates have not been filed along with
the returns, the statement said.

N.Sukumar
Research Analyst