F.No. DGlT(5)/CPC(TDS)/NOTIFICATION/2016-17
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Central Board of Direct Taxes
Directorate of Income-tax(Systems)
New Delhi.
Notification No. 11 /2016
New Delhi, 2nd December, 2016
Subject: Procedure for the purposes of furnishing and verification of Form 26A for removing of default of Short Deduction and/or Non Deduction of Tax at Source – Reg.
1. As per first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 201 of Income-tax Act, 1961, any person, including the principal officer of a company, who fails to deduct the whole or any part of the tax in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-B on the sum paid to a resident or on the sum credited to the account of a resident shall not be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such tax if such resident
(i) has furnished his return of income under section 139;
(ii) has taken into account such sum for computing income in such return of income; and
(iii) has paid the tax due on the income declared by him in such return of income, and the person furnishes a certificate to this effect from an accountant in such form as may be prescribed.
2.As per sub-rule (1) of Rule 31ACB of Income-tax Rules, 1962, the certificate from an accountant under the first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 201 shall be furnished in Form 26A to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified under sub-rule (2), and verified in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified under sub-rule (2).
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