Monday, November 8, 2010

Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)




Tax deduction at source , is the tax which a person responsible for making a payment has to deduct from the amount he is paying , in lieu of the tax the receiver of the amount is suppose to pay and deposit it into the government coffer, quoting PAN of the receiver of the amount .

This one of the most effeciant ways of tax collection for the government .

Take the case of the transaction that took place between Vodafone and Hutch . When Hutch sold its telecom business to Vodafone , as per law Vodafone which was making the payment , should have resorted to TDS and must have paid Hutch the balance amount . But they did not , claiming that both Hutch and Vodafone , were Non Indian companies ( or some reason like that ) .

But now the Indian courts have decided that Vodafone , must have deducted TDS before they paid Hutch , hence the TDS amount , which must ideally have been paid by Hutch, would now have to be paid by Vodafone and the amount involved is a staggering $2 billion as TDS along with another $2 billion as penalty.

For lesser mortals like us , we see our employer resorting to TDS every month when our salaries are credited . Now the question is how do we check if that amount has been credited to the government.

Well this is what you could do
Log on to the website http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ and register here . After you login in navigate to My Accounts > View Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS)

you will able to see all the TDS credits in your account across different financials years

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