F.No.275/38/2017-IT(B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

North Block, New Delhi

4th June, 2019

ORDER UNDER SECTION 119 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961

With a view to redress genuine hardship of deductors in timely filing of TDS statement in Form 24Q on account of revision of its format and consequent updating of the File Validation Utility for its online filing, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers under section 119 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, hereby -

(i) extends the due date of filing of TDS statement in Form 24Q for financial year 2018-19 from 31st of May, 2019 to 30th of June, 2019 and

(ii) extends the due date for issue of TDS certificate in Form 16 for financial year 2018-19 from 15th of June, 2019 to 10th of July, 2019.

(Sandeep Singh)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Tele : 23094182

Extension of TDS filing deadline: Form 24Q filing and Form 16 issuance deadlines extended to ease compliance burden. Extension of timelines for TDS compliance was ordered to address difficulties from a revised return format and updating of the online validation utility; the due date for filing the TDS statement in Form 24Q is extended and the deadline for issuance of the TDS certificate in Form 16 is likewise extended to align certificate issuance with the adjusted filing timeline.