What is TDS & TAN ?

Introduction

In this article I will be writing about the Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) and the rate for some of the TDS. We all aware that we need to pay the Income Tax for our income. In some cases the employer will be taking care of paying the total tax amount to the government in behalf of all the employees by deducting the tax amount from their salaries. This process is called TDS or Tax Deduction at Source. This article will explore some of the facts related to TDS.

What is TDS?

Taxes are deducted at the time of calculating your income. For example, you are working for a company X. All the money they will be paying you the salary of Rs.350000. If you are looking into your pay slip there is a column name Income Tax which mentions the tax amount deducted from your salary. Actually the tax amount is deducted by your company and then pays to the government. Whereas if you are not working for any company or doing the professional jobs like Doctor, Charted Accountant(CA),etc. You are liable to pay the tax to the government.

Who is eligible for TDS?

Not everyone can deduct the tax at source. You have to apply for the Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN). TAN or Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number is a 10 digit alpha numeric number required to be obtained by all persons who are responsible for deducting or collecting tax. It is compulsory to quote TAN in TDS/TCS return (including any e-TDS/TCS return), any TDS/TCS payment challan and TDS/TCS certificates.

How to apply for TAN?

An application for allotment of TAN is to be filed in Form 49B and submitted at any of the TIN Facilitation Centres meant for receipt of e-TDS returns. Addresses of the TIN FC are available at
www.incometaxindia.gov.in or http://tin.nsdl.com. TAN is allotted by the Income Tax Department on the basis of the application submitted to TIN Facilitation Centres managed by NSDL. NSDL will intimate the TAN which will be required to be mentioned in all future correspondence relating to TDS/TCS.

Summary


In this article I have explained about the TDS and how to obtain the TAN. This is the basic knowledge on TDS and TAN. Thank you for reading this article.

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