Section 203A | Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number

203A. (1) Every person, deducting tax or collecting tax in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, who has not been allotted a tax deduction account number or, as the case may be, a tax collection account number, shall, within such time as may be prescribed, apply to the Assessing Officer for the allotment of a "tax deduction and collection account number".

(2) Where a "tax deduction account number" or, as the case may be, a "tax collection account number" or a "tax deduction and collection account number" has been allotted to a person, such person shall quote such number -

(a) in all challans for the payment of any sum in accordance with the provisions of section 200 or sub-section (3) of section 206C;

(b) in all certificates furnished under section 203 or sub-section (5) of section 206C;

(ba) in all the statements prepared and delivered or caused to be delivered in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 200 or sub-section (3) of section 206C;

(c) in all the returns, delivered in accordance with the provisions of section 206 or sub-section (5A) or sub-section (5B) of section 206C to any income-tax authority; and

(d) in all other documents pertaining to such transactions as may be prescribed in the interests of revenue.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to such person, as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf.

Every person, deducting tax or collecting tax, who has not been allotted a tax deduction account number or, as the case may be, a tax collection account number, shall, within one month from the end of the month in which tax was deducted or collected, apply to the Assessing Officer for the allotment of a "tax deduction and collection account number".

The above number shall be quoted in -

• all challans for the payment of tax deducted at source or tax collected at source.
• all TDS or TCS certificates issued under the Act
• all the TDS and TCS returns prepared and delivered under the Act
• all other documents pertaining to such transactions as may be prescribed in the interests of revenue.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to such person, as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf.