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TRACES: TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System

Income Tax Department · tdscpc.gov.in Free Beginner India

The Income Tax Department's TDS system, where a deductor downloads TDS certificates for payees, checks defaults and files corrections.

  • Download Form 16 and 16A certificates for your payees here.
  • Check and fix TDS defaults and short deductions.
  • Correction statements are filed here.
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  1. What is TDS, and when does my business have to deduct it?
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