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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