Following are the guidelines for an employer to deduct TDS and issue Form 16:
- Make mandatory for all the employees to declare previous salary, investment proofs and TDS details, if any.
- Employer has to consider the declaration before deducting TDS from salary.
- Fill Annexure II for all employees who work or worked for any period of time during the current financial year.
- Issue Form 16 to all the employees whose TDS was deducted.
- It is the duty of an employee to provide valid PAN. If employee has worked with more than one employer in a financial year, employee should declare previous salary and TDS detail, if any, with the current employer.
Source: TRACES
Is it mandatory for an Employer to issue FORM 16 from TRACES website to an Employee who has served just a month or so and no TDS Deducted thereon? Can the Employee ask for such a FORM16?Can he file his IT Return sans an Employer’s issued Form 16?