After the successful filing of TDS return for payments other than Salary – Form 26Q, you will have to download Form-16A. It can be downloaded from TRACES and considered as valid TDS certificates, as per CBDT circular 04/2013 dated 17th April 2013.Form 16 A is generated only for a valid PAN. In case of an invalid PAN or if the PAN is not reported in TDS statement, Form 16 A will not be generated.Cleartds will help you to request and download Form-16A.Step by step procedure to download Form-16A.Step 1: Make a request for Form-16A.Once you login to, go to TDS return Dashboard under Deductor and click on “ Work on this Return ”.You can see “Import from TRACES” at the bottom of the page. Click on it to make the request for Form-16A.Select “Request for Form-16A” and enter the TRACES username and password.TAN, Token number (Ack.number), Challan details, Maximum of 3 distinct PANs and corresponding TDS amounts are pre-filled if you have filed Original return through ClearTDS.

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Else you will have to fill it up manually.Click on “Submit the request to TRACES”. Once you click on submit, request process will start and ask for CAPTCHA.Please enter the code and submit. The request has been sent now and the status is “Being processed by TRACES”. It will be processed after 4 hours.Step 2: Download the zip file and unzip it:Once the request is Processed, then the status is “Available”, and, “Download” option will be present. You can download the Form-16A Zip file. This file is password protected.

P assword to open is TAN number in Capital letters i.e. Inside this zip file, there will be a text file.Step 3: Convert the text file into PDF file:To convert this text file into PDF file go to “Return dashboard”, click o n “Generate Form-16A ”.And browse the file.Once you upload the.txt file click on “Generate”, one zip file will be created for all Form-16A pdf files. ClearTax offers taxation & financial solutions to individuals, businesses, organizations & chartered accountants in India. ClearTax serves 2.5+ Million happy customers, 20000+ CAs & tax experts & 10000+ businesses across India.Efiling Income Tax Returns(ITR) is made easy with ClearTax platform. Just upload your form 16, claim your deductions and get your acknowledgment number online.

You can efile income tax return on your income from salary, house property, capital gains, business & profession and income from other sources. Further you can also file TDS returns, generate Form-16, use our Tax Calculator software, claim HRA, check refund status and generate rent receipts for Income Tax Filing.CAs, experts and businesses can get GST ready with ClearTax GST software & certification course. Our GST Software helps CAs, tax experts & business to manage returns & invoices in an easy manner. Our Goods & Services Tax course includes tutorial videos, guides and expert assistance to help you in mastering Goods and Services Tax.

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