CBDT extends deadline for submitting TDS for non-salary transactions until Nov 30

The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Thursday prolonged the deadline for submitting quarterly TDS assertion in Form 26Q for the June quarter by a month until November 30.

Form 26Q is used for quarterly submitting of TDS returns on funds apart from wage.

“Considering the difficulties in filing of TDS statement in the revised and updated Form 26Q, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date of filing of Form 26Q for the second quarter of financial year 2022-23 from 31st October, 2022 to 30th November, 2022,” CBDT mentioned in an announcement.

The kind captures particulars of complete quantity paid and tax deducted on such funds through the quarter. It would come with funds on account of curiosity on securities, dividend, winnings from lotteries and crossword puzzles, hire, curiosity apart from curiosity on securities, charges for skilled or technical companies.

AMRG & Associates Director (Corporate & International Tax) Om Rajpurohit mentioned taxpayers have been experiencing a variety of technical points just lately, together with challan mismatches, challan verification failures and auto changes of challans, which made it unimaginable to file a TDS return on Form 26Q.

“CBDT has acknowledged it, extending the deadline by one month and giving tax deducters a much-needed reprieve. However, no such exemption is offered for TDS returns that apply to transactions involving salaries (Form 24Q) and non-residents,” Rajpurohit added.