TDS Document
TDS Document
TDS Document
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Table of Contents
Tax Deduction at Source ............................................................................3
1. Background ................................................................................................ 3
Objective of TDS ..................................................................................................... 3
Where is it applicable? ............................................................................................ 3
TDS in India............................................................................................................ 4
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Objective of TDS
Tax Deducted at Source was introduced in India to facilitate the payment of
tax while receiving the income and it follows the concept of Pay as you earn.
However, the purpose of tax deducted at source is changing slowly. Now, the
objectives of tax deducted at source are:
1. To enable the salaried people to pay the tax as they earn every month. This
helps the salaried persons in paying the tax in easy installments and avoids
the burden of a lump sum payment.
2. To collect the tax at the time of payment of income to various assessees
such as contractors, professionals etc.
3. Government requires funds throughout the year. Hence, advance tax and
tax deducted at source help the government to get funds throughout the
year and run the government smoothly.
4. It helps to spread the tax net wide enough to include persons who might
otherwise have evaded taxes. The minimum thresholds are raised and the
rates are reasonable and comparable with the rates prevailing in other
countries. Hence, it is very vital to make all the persons earning the taxable
income pay the tax. But, the best way to make them pay is to deduct tax at
source.
Where is it applicable?
Tax deducted in this manner needs to be deposited in the Government
treasury and assigned to the Central Government, within a stipulated time period.
Indian Government is adhering to the policy of TDS to broaden its tax bracket in
the country. Income gained through several sources falls under the tax deduction
at source or TDS scheme. Some of such incomes that are subjected to Tax
Deduction at Source are as follows:
Salary
Interest
Rental fee
Interest on Securities
Insurance commission
Dividends from shares and UTI/Mutual Funds
Commission and brokerage
Prize money won from lotteries, horse races, etc
Payments to non-resident sportsmen or sports associations
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TDS in India
The Income Tax Act provides that the responsibility of deduction and
payment of taxes lies with the taxpayer. The person entitled to the income shall be
entitled to claim based on the certificates provided by the taxpayer, the deducted
amount of tax from his total tax liability. However, the taxpayer shall be liable for
penalties if the tax is not deducted and paid to government according to the
provisions of the Income Tax Act.
The liability of tax arises on the credit to the account of the Vendor or on
Payment whichever is earlier. When a prepayment is to be applied to the Invoice,
TDS should not be deducted or it should be adjusted from the Invoice to the extent
it was deducted from Prepayment.
Every person who has to deduct tax at source has to obtain Tax Deducted at
source Number (TAN) and it has to be quoted in all TDS challans, Returns and
Certificates. Each unit or branch of the organization which is liable to deduct tax
has to obtain a separate TAN.
Tax Deducted at Source has to be deposited with the Central Government
within the prescribed time limit by using the appropriate challan. TDS has to be
remitted within one week from the last day of the month in which the deduction is
made.
However, if the amount is credited on the last day of the financial year, i.e.,
on 31st March, then the tax deducted can be deposited within two months from
the end of the financial year, i.e., within 31st May. But, if it was credited or paid
even on 30th March, then you will have time only up to 7th April. This extended
two months time is available only in the case of the following items for which the
payees account is credited on the last day of the financial year:
Interest on Securities (Sec 193).
Interest other than Interest on Securities (Sec 194A).
Payments to contractors and sub-contractors (Sec 194C).
Insurance Commission (Sec 194D).
Payments to non-resident sportsmen or sports associations (Sec 194E).
Commission etc. on the sale of lottery tickets (Sec 194G).
Commission or brokerage (Sec 194H).
Rent (Sec 194-I).
Fees for professional or technical services (Sec 194J).
Other Sums (Sec 195).
Income in respect of units of non-residents (Sec 196A).
Income from Units (Sec 196B).
Income from foreign currency bonds or shares of Indian company (Sec
196C).
Income of Foreign Institutional Investors from securities (Sec 196D).
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Optional
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The value entered in the TAN No. field would be of great importance to you.
This would be the basis on which the TDS Threshold limits would be
calculated.
If the TAN No. is defined only for the Legal Entity, then Invoices generated
for all supplier sites defined under different Organizations would be
considered for the calculation of Threshold limits.
If TAN No. is defined for an Operating Unit, then only the Invoices defined
for this Organization would be considered for the calculation of the
Threshold Limits, unless the TAN No. for two Operating units is the same.
For Operating Units with no TAN Number, the TAN No. of the Legal Entity
would be considered and the Invoices of all such Operating Units would be
added to /considered for the calculation of Threshold Limits.
Also, Organizations with same TAN Number shall share the document
sequence followed for generation of TDS Certificates.
TAN No. once saved, should not be updated.
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Whenever, there is a change in the TDS Rates or Rates of Surcharge, user has
to do the following to ensure that correct rate of TDS is applied to the transactions
1. Close the existing Tax Code by entering the 'Effective To' date.
2. Create a new Tax Code with the revised rates
3. Navigate to Supplier Additional Information, query for the Supplier, Supplier
Site.
4. Replace the Default TDS Tax Name with the new Tax Code.
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Where the Registration and the Tax calculation details are the same for all
supplier sites, you can define the TDS Details for the Supplier NULL Site.
The same details would be applicable for all transactions created any of the
Sites.
Where the TDS Details are different for the Sites, you can define the
Registration Details at the Supplier NULL Site. For all the sites setup made
for this Supplier, the TAN No and Ward Number defaults. You will have to
enter the TAN No. and the TDS TAX Name and the relevant TDS Sections. If
you have not entered the default TDS Tax Code in the TDS TAX Name field,
for the supplier site, then the TDS TAX Name defined at the Supplier NULL
Site would be considered for the Invoice.
The Approval of TDS related information would depend on the value in the
Create Pre-Approved TDS Invoice & Credit Memo Field.
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Validate the Invoice (If approval is required, then get the Invoice Approved)
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On the First Validation of the Invoice the System triggers Import TDS invoices invoice validate (Payables Open Interface Import)
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This concurrent processes only for those Invoices where TDS deducted has
been remitted to the Tax Authority. Payments to the Tax Authorities can be done
either by paying the TDS Invoices (generated on validation of supplier invoice) or
by applying a prepayment invoice to the TDS Invoice.
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TDS Certificates would be generated only for those Invoices which are
processed by the India - Process TDS Payments
This Concurrent creates the TDS Certificates. These Certificates can be seen
in the View TDS Certificates Window.
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Print Flag
Once the certificate is printed the Flag is changed to Y from N
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India_-_TDS_Certificates.txt
India_TDS_Certificates.htm
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Handling eTDS
You can generate eTDS Returns using 'India Program to Generate eTDS
Certificates' Concurrent program. Prior to that you should completed validating
Supplier Invoices and made payments to Invoices generated for TDS Authorities.
The concurrent program should be run for for a Particular TAN Number for a given
financial year.
As the output would be flat file, the users would be provided with an option
to generate the file with separators and Headers. The file can be generated in this
format by checking 'Generate Headers' parameter of the Concurrent request. Using
this file user can check the records and the appropriate values. On finding that
the data is correct, you can choose select the file with same parameters, without
headers. The file would be saved at the path specified in the utl_file_dir parameter
of the Database.
India - Program to Generate eTDS Certificates
eTDS Certificates.txt
India_eTDS_Certificates.htm
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India_Quarterly_eTDS_Certificates.htm
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On saving the transaction, the system creates lines in the Interface for
Credit memo.
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India_-_TDS_Related_Invoices.txt
India_TDS_Related_Invoices.htm
India_-_TDS_Prescribed_Rate.txt
India_TDS_Prescribed_Rate_Report.htm
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