Defaults, Interest, Penalty and Prosecution
A deduction default costs four separate things, the tax, the interest, 30% of the expenditure and a penalty equal to the tax, and only two of them can be taken away after the event.
- 6 pages
- 145
- Word and PDF
- 13 September 2026
The 2 formats inside
- 1Certificate of an accountant in Form 149 under the first proviso to section 398on the firm's letterheadOn its own₹149
- 2Reply to a short-deduction default notice from the TRACES processing centreon the firm's letterheadOn its own₹149
Read the opening
The first part of “Certificate of an accountant in Form 149 under the first proviso to section 398”, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
On the letterhead of the accountant
CERTIFICATE OF AN ACCOUNTANT UNDER THE FIRST PROVISO TO SECTION 398 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 2025
(certificate in Form 149, corresponding to Form 26A under the Income-tax Act, 1961, to be furnished by the deductor through the TRACES portal)
Part I — particulars of the deductor
Name of the deductor | [____] |
Permanent Account Number | [__________] |
Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number | [__________] |
Address | [____] |
Tax year / financial year to which the default relates | [____] |
Governing Act | [Income-tax Act, 2025 / Income-tax Act, 1961] |
Quarter and form of the statement in which the payment was or ought to have been reported | [____] |
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