TRACES Registration

[Himanshu Agarwal]

I received a TAN number recently and want to create account on Traces to file return but while registration it shows

'You can NOT register on TRACES at present due to one of the reasons

i. You have not filed any statement for the mentioned TAN OR

ii. All the statements filed for Financial Year 2009-10 and onwards are in cancelled state OR

iii. All the statements filed for Financial Year 2009-10 and onwards are NIL Statements (having ALL challans with amount=0)'

So should i need to file a return manually first for registration? Or what is the procedure?
 

[DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN]

You may approach the jurisdictional authorities in this regard.

[Yash Jain]

Dear Sir,

Please file at least one Nil Return by sending the same to third party, say karvy, and then wait for 7-10 days.

Post filing you will be able to register for TAN.

Regards

[DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN]

Shri Yash, whether it is possible?

AI Summary

TRACES registration blocked by absent or cancelled statements; file a Nil return or contact authorities to enable TAN registration. TRACES registration for a newly issued TAN can be blocked if no statements exist for the TAN, all statements for relevant years are cancelled, or all statements are NIL. Remedies include filing at least one Nil return through a third-party intermediary and waiting for system propagation before reattempting registration, or approaching the jurisdictional tax authorities to correct statement status.