Is it mandatory to receive TDS certificate from deductor as our customers are refusing to give it stating that once TDS is reflected in 26AS report then it is not binding at their end to issue TDS certificate.
Is there any notification in regard to this from the Dept.
31 October 2024
Sec. 203 IT act. Rule 31... Extract of Rule 31(3)..... The certificates in Forms specified in column (2) of the Table below shall be furnished to the employee or the payee, as the case may be, as per the periodicity specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) and by the time specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table:—
Sl. No. Form No. Periodicity Due date (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. 16 Annual By 1[15th day of June] of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the income was paid and tax deducted. 2. 16A Quarterly Within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing the statement of tax deducted at source under rule 31A.