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). To download Form 16, Form 16A, Consolidated File, Justification Report, etc and for filing Online correction, the statement should be processed. The Deductor can view the status of TDS or TCS return statements filed by registering and logging into his account on TRACES. This facility is available to the Deductor who is registered on TRACES.
Steps to view TDS Return Statement Status on TRACES
- Log in to TRACES
Log in to TRACES – Enter User Id, Password, TAN or PAN and captcha
- Navigate to Statement Status
Go to Statements / Payments > Statement Status
- View statement status
You can view the Statement Status i.e. status of the filed TDS Return using either of the following options
- Option 1:
Search using details of the TDS Statement. Enter Financial Year, Quarter and Form Type (24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ). Click on View Statement Status
- Option 2
Search using Token Number of the filed TDS Statement. Enter Provisional Receipt or Token Number and click on View Statement Status
- Option 3
Search using Statement Status of the filed TDS Statement. Enter Financial Year of filing, Quarter of filing, Form Type, and Statement Status. Click on View Statement Status.
- Option 4
Search using the TDS Statement filed in the previous 3 months. Select option ‘During Last 3 Months’. The statements filed in the previous three months will appear on the screen.
FAQs
The status ‘Processed for 26AS’ means that the TDS statement is processed partially and the tax credit is transferred to the deductee. The statement is processed successfully when the status is ‘Processed with Default’ or ‘Processed without Default’.
If the status of your TDS Statement is ‘Processed for 26AS’, you can submit online correction and download conso file from your TRACES account.
1. Processed for From 26AS – TDS department has partially processed the statement and has transferred the tax credit to the deductee
2. Pending for Processing – TDS department has not yet processed the statement
3. Processed with Default – TDS department has processed the statement with default. Deductor should download the Justification report for further clarification
4. Processed without Default – TDS department has processed the statement without a default
5. Rejected – TDS department has rejected the Statement. Deductor should check the reason for rejection and file the statement again
1. Submitted – Successful submission, Request in processing
2. Available: Form 16 available for Downloading
3. Disabled: Duplicate request submitted for downloading
4. Failed: User is advised to contact CPC(TDS)
5. Not Available: (i) All PAN mentioned in the statement are invalid;
(ii) No Deductee records are present in the statement
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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