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TDS Return Filing — Forms 24Q, 26Q, 27Q & 27EQ

Quarterly TDS and TCS statements filed accurately and on time — challan reconciliation, PAN validation, TRACES defaults resolution, corrections and Form 16/16A generation, managed end to end.

Quick answer

TDS return filing is the quarterly compliance of reporting tax deducted or collected at source — Form 24Q for salaries, 26Q for resident non-salary payments, 27Q for payments to non-residents and 27EQ for TCS. Tax deducted must be deposited by the 7th of the following month (30 April for March), and quarterly statements filed by 31 July, 31 October, 31 January and 31 May. Late filing attracts a fee of ₹200 per day u/s 234E (capped at the TDS amount) plus penalties u/s 271H — and errors block your deductees' tax credits until corrected. Our service covers challan reconciliation, PAN validation, filing, TRACES defaults resolution, correction statements and Form 16/16A generation.

Who needs this

Every deductor, every quarter

TDS is the compliance that never pauses — deduct at payment, deposit monthly, report quarterly, certify after each quarter. Each step feeds the next, and a slip anywhere surfaces as a TRACES default or an unhappy vendor whose credit didn't appear.

We run the full lifecycle as a managed service: your team shares payment data, and deductions, deposits, statements, certificates and corrections happen on schedule without reminders in either direction.

  • Employers deducting salary TDS (24Q)
  • Businesses paying contractors, rent and professional fees (26Q)
  • Payers remitting to non-residents (27Q with 15CA/CB)
  • TCS collectors (27EQ)
  • Property buyers deducting u/s 194-IA (26QB)
  • E-commerce operators deducting u/s 194-O
  • Firms paying partners u/s 194T from FY 2025-26
The engagement

What TDS return filing includes

The full quarterly lifecycle, not just the upload.

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Form 24Q & Form 16

Salary TDS with correct annexures each quarter, and Form 16 generated from TRACES for every employee after year-end.

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Form 26Q & Form 16A

Contractor, rent, professional fee, interest and commission deductions reported with quarterly Form 16A certificates issued.

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Form 27Q — Non-Residents

Payments to NRIs and foreign entities with treaty-rate application, PAN/TRC checks and 15CA/CB coordination.

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Form 27EQ — TCS

Tax collected at source on specified transactions, reported quarterly with collectee-wise detail.

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Corrections & Defaults

TRACES justification reports analysed, short-deduction and late-fee defaults resolved, and correction statements filed.

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Certificates u/s 197 / 197A

Lower or nil deduction certificates obtained and applied, and 15G/15H declarations managed where eligible.

Filing timeline

The TDS compliance calendar

Monthly deposits, quarterly returns, fixed certificate dates.

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Deposit — 7th of Next Month

Tax deducted in a month must be deposited by the 7th of the following month; March deductions get time until 30 April.

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Quarterly Statements

Q1 by 31 July, Q2 by 31 October, Q3 by 31 January and Q4 by 31 May — for 24Q, 26Q and 27Q alike.

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Form 16 — 15 June

Annual salary certificates must reach employees by 15 June; quarterly Form 16A within 15 days of each statement due date.

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Cost of Delay

₹200 per day u/s 234E (capped at the TDS amount), penalty u/s 271H, and interest at 1% or 1.5% per month on late deduction or deposit.

How we work

Our TDS filing process

A quarterly rhythm your vendors and employees will feel.

1

Data Collection

Deduction registers, challans and deductee PANs collected in a fixed monthly format.

2

Validation & Reconciliation

PANs verified, sections and rates checked, and every deduction mapped to a deposited challan.

3

File & Generate

Quarterly statements filed and Form 16/16A generated from TRACES and delivered.

4

Defaults & Corrections

TRACES monitored after every filing; defaults analysed and correction statements filed promptly.

Why The Classic Partners

TDS that never becomes the vendor's problem

Clean statements mean clean 26AS entries for everyone you pay.

Zero-default objective

PAN validation and challan mapping before filing — the two causes behind most short-deduction and mismatch defaults.

Rate-and-section accuracy

The correct section and rate applied for each payment type, including newer provisions like 194Q, 194R, 194S and 194T.

Deadline automation

Deposits and filings run on a managed calendar with escalations before — not after — the due date.

Fast corrections

When a deductee's credit doesn't reflect, the correction statement goes the same week, not the next quarter.

NR payment expertise

27Q filings aligned with treaty rates, TRC documentation and cross-border positions.

Plugged into your tax stack

TDS data flows straight into business tax filing and the compliance calendar — one source of truth.

FAQs

TDS filing questions answered

What deductors ask us every quarter.

Quarterly: 31 July for April-June, 31 October for July-September, 31 January for October-December, and 31 May for January-March. The tax itself must be deposited monthly by the 7th of the following month, with 30 April as the deadline for March deductions.
A fee of ₹200 per day u/s 234E accrues until filing, capped at the TDS amount, and a penalty of ₹10,000 to ₹1,00,000 u/s 271H can apply. Separately, interest runs at 1% per month for late deduction and 1.5% per month for late deposit. Deductees also cannot see their credit until you file.
Both are TDS certificates generated from TRACES. Form 16 is the annual certificate for salary TDS, issued by employers by 15 June. Form 16A is the quarterly certificate for non-salary TDS — contractor payments, rent, professional fees, interest — issued within 15 days of each statement's due date.
Usually one of three things: an incorrect PAN in the statement, a challan mismatch, or the return simply not filed yet. The fix is a correction statement on TRACES after diagnosing the default through the justification report — corrections can be filed any number of times.
The buyer deducts 1% u/s 194-IA where the consideration is ₹50 lakh or more, deposits it through challan-cum-statement Form 26QB within 30 days from the end of the month of deduction, and issues Form 16B to the seller. No TAN is required for this — the buyer's PAN suffices.
From 1 April 2025, partnership firms and LLPs must deduct TDS at 10% on salary, remuneration, commission, bonus and interest paid to partners, once such payments to a partner exceed ₹20,000 in a financial year. It brings partner payments into the same reporting net as every other payment.
Yes — a deductee expecting lower total tax can obtain a certificate u/s 197 authorising lower or nil deduction, and eligible individuals can furnish self-declarations in Form 15G/15H for specified incomes. We obtain, validate and apply these so excess tax is never deducted in the first place.

Put your TDS on autopilot

Share last quarter's statement and your payment data format. We'll set up the calendar, clear any pending defaults and take over from the next due date.

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