TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)-guide

Guide - Remittance of TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)

Select Online Form “CHALLAN NO/ITNS 281”.
Select the "Tax Applicable" -
(0020) Company Deductee - if the TDS has been deducted against payment to a Company.
(0021) Non-Company Deductees - if the TDS has been deducted against payment to any other person other than a Company (i.e. Individual Sole Proprietor, Partnership Firm, HUF)
Tax Deduction Account No - Enter the TAN Number allotted to you or your Firm / Company.
Assessment Year - Assessment year is the year in which you are required to file your Income Tax returns for the financial year in which you made the payment and deducted TDS. (Eg - Income Tax returns for FY 2016-17, i.e 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017, are required to be filed in AY 2017-18) If you are not sure about the assessment year, please contact us to clarify. If the remittance is made with the wrong assessment year, the TDS Challan cannot be rectified later.
Address – Enter your Communication Address
Type of Payment - If you have deducted TDS and need to remit the same to the Department yourself, please select "(200)TDS/TCS Payable by Taxpayer.
Nature of Payment - Please select the type of payment under which you have deducted TDS.
Select the Bank with which you have a net-banking facility, and Proceed for Payment.
Type the characters you see in the picture. In given space these characters are case sensitive.
Click “Proceed” and Check all the details entered by you and go for Payment. Once you click "Next", the site displays a confirmation screen with the details entered, verify all such details before making the payment since any mistake made cannot be corrected later.