197 certificate validation

Shailendra (Consultant) (36 Points)

25 April 2016  

This is regarding valiadation of a Lower TDS Certificate issued under section 197/195 from an NRI seller of property, at the TRACES portal.

1. Can anyone with a deductor login ID to the portal validate any such certificate, or is it restricted to only the person (TAN) to whom the certificate was issued ?

2. If it can be validated by anyone, can any of you please help to validate such a certificate I have received from my seller ? I dont have a deductor login to TRACES and cannot create one because I havent paid any TDS before, as I am an individual taxpayer.. and the tdscpc helpline offered no solutions sad

Thanks & Regards,

Shailendra