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TDS & 26Q

The TDS you deduct, tracked from expense to 26Q

Record TDS you withhold paying vendors, track every ITNS 281 challan per quarter, and hand your CA a ready 26Q workbook with Form 16A working copies.

What it solves

TDS you deduct paying contractors, rent or professional fees is easy to withhold and easy to lose track of: which deductions are deposited, which challan covered them, and what goes into this quarter's 26Q usually lives in a spreadsheet nobody trusts. Finocket captures the deduction on the expense itself and keeps a per-quarter deducted-vs-deposited register, so the gap you still owe the government is always one glance away.

How we're different

Both sides of TDS live in one hub but never blur: tax clients withheld FROM you (reconciled against Form 26AS) sits on a separate tab from tax YOU withheld as a deductor against your TAN. Missing supplier PANs are flagged at entry time, before section 206AA's 20% rate becomes your problem, and quarter-end produces working papers in the shape your CA's RPU/FVU workflow actually consumes, instead of pretending to e-file for you.

TDS returns in Finocket: quarter picker, payment-code checks and the pre-filing warning list
GST returns with upcoming filings and one-tap GSTR-1 export
What it does

Inside TDS & 26Q

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TDS captured on the expense

Turn on 'I deducted TDS' while recording the purchase: section, suggested standard-rate amount, supplier PAN, deductee type and any 197 lower-deduction certificate.
TDS returns in Finocket: quarter picker, payment-code checks and the pre-filing warning list
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Challan register with linking

Record each ITNS 281 deposit (BSR code, serial, date, amount, interest, late fee) and link the purchases it covered, so deducted-vs-deposited reconciles per quarter.
GST returns with upcoming filings and one-tap GSTR-1 export
03

Per-quarter payable register

Cards per FY quarter show deducted, deposited and the gap still owed, with the current deposit due date and warnings for overdue deposits, missing PANs and section mismatches.

TDS & 26Q

Per-quarter payable register

04

26Q workbook for your CA

A ZIP of three CSVs (challans, deductee annexure, per-section summary), ready for Protean's free RPU and FVU validation. Finocket never auto-files.

TDS & 26Q

26Q workbook for your CA

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Form 16A working copies

One watermarked PDF per deductee with their deductions and linked challans. They are clearly marked working copies; official certificates come from TRACES after filing.

TDS & 26Q

Form 16A working copies

More in TDS & 26Q

Deductor profile on the business card

TAN, deductor type and the responsible person live beside your PAN in the business profile and print on every working paper.

Questions

Does Finocket file my 26Q TDS return?

No. It prepares a reconciliation-friendly 26Q workbook (challans, deductee annexure, summary) that your CA loads into Protean's free Return Preparation Utility, validates with the File Validation Utility and files. Finocket never auto-files anything.

Are the Form 16A PDFs valid certificates?

No. They're watermarked working copies for your records. The legally valid Form 16A is downloaded from TRACES after your 26Q is processed.

What if a supplier hasn't given me their PAN?

Finocket flags the entry immediately so you can chase the PAN before quarter-end. Under section 206AA a missing PAN can force deduction at 20%, and the 26Q reports the row as PANNOTAVBL.

You never miss a TDS deposit, and your CA gets working papers instead of a shoebox.

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