21 July 2010
Certificate of tax deducted at source or tax paid under sub-section (1A) of section 192 31. (1) The certificate of deduction of tax at source or, the certificate of payment of tax by the employer on behalf of the employee, under section 203 shall be in – (a) Form No.16 if the deduction or, payment of tax, is under section 192; and (b) Form No.16A if the deduction is under any other provision of Chapter XVII-B. (2) The certificate referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be furnished to the deductee3 (a) within one week after the date on which the sum of tax deducted at source is paid to the credit of the Central Government if the payment in respect of which the tax so deducted is by way of crediting on the date upto which the accounts of the deductor are made; (b) within one month from the end of the financial year in which the payment is made to the deductee if- (i) the deduction of tax is made under sub-section (1) of section 192; (ii) the certificate relates to payment of tax by the employer on behalf of the employee under section (1A) of section 192; (iii) the deduction of tax is made under section 194D; or (iv) more than one certificate is required to be furnished to a deductee for deductions of income-tax made during a financial year and the deductee has requested for issue of a consolidated certificate in respect of such deductions; (c) within fourteen days from the date of payment of income-tax if the payment is made quarterly under sub-rule (2) of rule 30; (d) within one month from the end of the month in which the deduction of tax at source is made, in all other cases.
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