TRACES means TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System. It is the online portal for administration and implementation of TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) and TCS (Tax Collected at Source). When there is a sale of immovable property, the buyer makes payment to the seller after deducting TDS u/s 194IA. The buyer files Form 26QB and issues Form 16B to the seller. The TDS Return i.e. Form 26QB is processed by CPC-TDS. If there are any defaults or errors, the taxpayer i.e. buyer of property can view the summary under the option ‘Form 26QB – Default Summary’ in the TRACES account. For detailed information on the defaults or errors and file a Correction Statement, the taxpayer should download ‘Form 26QB – Justification Report’ from the TRACES account. Once the taxpayer views the errors, he/she should file a correction TDS return to rectify the same.
Steps to view Form 26QB Default Summary
- Log in to TRACES
- Navigate to default summary
Go to Statements / Forms > View Default Summary
- Form 26QB
Select Form Type – 26QB to view ‘Default Summary’
- Enter the required details
Select the ‘Assessment Year’ from the drop-down list. Enter ‘Acknowledgement Number‘ and ‘PAN of Seller‘. Click on ‘Proceed‘
- Default summary
You can view the ‘Default Summary‘ for the selected Acknowledgement Number
FAQs
Yes, you can make an online correction on the basis of the default summary. However, it is advisable to download the updated Justification Report from TRACES. Justification Report provides detailed information about the defaults/errors that needs to be rectified by filing a Correction TDS Return
As per section 194IA, any transaction on or after 1st June 2013, where any buyer buys an immovable property (other than agricultural land) costing INR 50 lakhs or more, he/she needs to deduct tax at a rate of 1% on the purchase price.
It is similar to form 16/ 16A issued by the employer/ deductor to employees/ deductees. But Form 16B is issued by the buyer showing details of tax deducted and deposited on property consideration paid to the seller of property.
Hey @HarishMehta
Taxpayers or deductee cannot directly download form 16/form16A, the option to download Form 16/ 16A has been given to the Deductor. So, if you need Form 16 / 16A for TDS deducted by your current or previous employer or deductor you will have to contact them for the same. There is no option available on TRACES whereby you can download it yourself.
Hope this helps!
Hey @Dia_malhotra
Yes, individuals can still register as a taxpayer on TRACES even if they do not have TAN of the deductor by providing:
• Assessment Year
• Challan Serial Number and
• Amount of tax you have paid
Hope this helps!
In my Justification Report it shows an interest payable error whereas I’ve already paid the interest for that particular month According to the regulations what could be the reason for this?
Hi @saad,
According to regulations, interest payment default/errors may arise due to error in challan details , short deduction, short payment, late deposit of TDS amount. Here, you can file correction statement and revise the return.
Hope this helps!
Hi
I am not able to register the DSC despite many trials. I keep getting the error:
‘Error in establishing connection with TRACES Websocket Esigner. Please ensure that WebSigner Setup is installed and service is running on your machine and there are no proxies enabled on the browser while doing DSC activities’
Could you kindly help. I have tried all the instructions, as per below:
I have un-installed any previous versions of Java and emsigner.
I have installed Java 8, update 162 and 32 bit version on my Windows 10 machine
Downloaded TRACES-WebSigner-V2.0 and installed emsigner. The emsigner is running on my system.
Google Chrome is up to date. (Version 92.0.4515.131)
I have the DSC driver (e-pass 2003) installed.
I have rebooted and made sure the websigner (emsigner) is running.
When I go to my profile → Signature section, no window pops up, nothing loads, and if I click on ‘Request DSC’, I get the above error.
Could you point to me what I can do to make this work please. Do I need any physical device to generate tokens? I am logging in from the nri traces webpage. Thanks.
Preetham
@AkashJhaveri @Saad_C @Kaushal_Soni @Divya_Singhvi @Laxmi_Navlani can you help with this?
Hey @raopreetham, the first thing I would recommend you to do is to run the Emsigner as an administrator. Also, if it still does not seem to work, install the below mentioned JAVA fixer software and run it as an administrator and hopefully this would resolve your issue.
https://johann.loefflmann.net/downloads/jarfix.exe
The USB e-pass 2003 token device is particular type of a DSC.
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