If Assessee has uploaded TDS return but there occur some mistakes while furnishing the TDS statement PAN is wrongly mentioned, short deduction of TDS amount, excess utilization of any challan etc. In that case, the assessee has to do online corrections in the TDS statement on “TRACES” (TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System).
Steps for Online Corrections in TDS/TCS Statement
Step 1: Log in to TRACES website
Step 2: Go to “Request for correction” under “Defaults” by entering the relevant Quarter, Financial Year, Form Type, and Latest Accepted Token number. The correction category should be “Online”, and the request number will be generated
Step 3: The request will be available under “Track Correction Request” when the request status becomes “Available” Click on Available / In progress status to proceed with the correction and provide information of valid KYC
Step 4: Select the type of correction category from the drop-down as “Challan Correction”
Step 5: Make the required corrections in the selected file
Step 6: Click on “Submit for Processing” to submit your correction (Only available to admin user), and the request can be submitted via Digital signature of an Authorised person.
Step 7: A 15-digit token number will be generated and mailed to the registered e-mail ID
Online Corrections’ List of TDS/TCS
All types of corrections, like “Personal information, Deductee details and Challan correction” can be made using online correction functionality available from FY 2007-08 onwards, depending upon the type of correction.
| Type of Error or Defaults | Correction Type | Available from FY | DSC Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| If the challan is unmatched | Challan correction | FY 2007-08 Onwards | No |
| Add a new challan | Add a challan to the statement | FY 2007-08 Onwards | No |
| To clear the interest and late fee demand payment | Pay 220, interest, levy, late filing | FY 2007-08 Onwards | No |
| To move the deductee row | Request for overbooked challan (move the deductee row from the challan) | FY 2007-08 Onwards | No |
| To update PAN | PAN correction | FY 2007-08 Onwards | Yes |
| To add/modify the deductee row | Add/Modify deductee details | FY 2013-14 Onwards | Yes |
| To update personal details | Personal information | FY 2007-08 Onwards | Yes |
| To modify salary details | Add or delete salary details | FY 2013-14 Onwards | Yes |
Note: For the paper return, online correction cannot be done
Status of Online Correction Requests
- Requested: When the user submits a request for correction.
- Initiated: The request is being processed by TDS CPC
- Available: Request for correction is accepted, and the statement is made available for correction. The user can start correcting the statement. Clicking on the hyperlink will take the user to the validation screen. Once the user clicks on the request with ‘Available’ status, the status of the request/statement will change to ‘In Progress
- Failed: Request cannot be made available due to a technical error. The user can resubmit the request for the same details
- In Progress: The user is working on a statement. Clicking on the hyperlink will take the user to the validation screen
- Submitted to Admin User: Sub-user / Admin User has submitted a correction statement to Admin User
- Submitted to ITD: Admin User has submitted a correction statement to ITD for processing
- Processed: Statement has been processed by TDS CPC (either for Form 26AS or for defaults)
- Rejected: Statement has been rejected by TDS CPC after processing. Rejection reasons will be displayed in the ‘Remarks’ column.
Hii,
Can sombodty tell me that i want to change pan no. online on traces but pan correction option not showing….. what shall i do for this
There is no option of changing the PAN No.
You might have not registered your DSC in Traces. Register your DSC and then try.
I have filed 3rd qtr TDS returns other than salary, there is a challan paid separately two late int on one of the deductees, please guide how this can be shown in TDS returns
You have to add the challan in 26Q.
Hi,
I want to change the date of payment and date of deduction in 24Q, The same I had done thrice but every time its got rejected with error rejection as ” Validate for the total amount of tax deposited”. please advise what to do to clear this error.
Please request Justification report and check error in that report.
There was a mistake in the date of deduction while filing the return. Now the return has been processed with defaults and I have downloaded the justification report and it is saying I have to pay interest of Rs.XX/-. I requested correction but there is no option to change the date of deduction. Can you help me, please?
Please contact to TRACES
We do correction FY 2014-15, through TRACES. When trying to submit through DSC it showing “PAN of Authorized / Responsible Person as per Personal Information of the correction and as per TRACES Profile should be same. Please update the PAN of the Authorized / Responsible Person in the correction file.” Could you please help us in this regards.
Please contact to Traces regarding this error.
I have filed a correction return on 11.11.2019 and it has got processed in traces as processed with defaults. In IT site TDS acknowledgement number the amount has given correctly as claimed as per the return. But when I download CONSO file after 15 days it is still no updated. Can anyone help me with this?
Contact department for assistant