Form 16 and Form 16A
The certificates your employees and vendors need from you.
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Documents required for Form 16 and Form 16A
The quarterly TDS statement (Form 24Q for salary, Form 26Q/27Q for others) already filed and processed by TDS CPC - the certificates are generated from it, not from documents supplied (Income-tax Act 1961, Chapter XVII-B, section 203 (Form 16 / 16A); TRACES deductor FAQ); Valid PAN of every employee / deductee reported in the statement - 'Form 16 is generated only for valid PAN'; an invalid or unreported PAN requires a correction statement first (TRACES deductor FAQ, Form 16…
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Lower Deduction Certificate (Form 13)
Stop over-withholding that you would only reclaim as a refund.
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Documents required for Lower Deduction Certificate (Form 13)
Estimated income computation for the current year (Income-tax Act 1961, section 197 / 206C(9); Form 13 annexures (TRACES FAQ 16)); Computation of estimated total income for any of the four previous years (Form 13 (TRACES FAQ 16)); Note justifying the issue of the certificate (Form 13 (TRACES FAQ 16)); Registration / exemption certificate, where relied on (Form 13 (TRACES FAQ 16)); Assessment orders for the last four assessment years (Form 13 (TRACES FAQ 16)); Return of income…
Shortened. The full list is set out item by item on the service page, with the rule that requires each one.
Read at sourceChecked 2026-09-14