How to Correct TDS Details: Process Explained

Have you paid the Central government-mandated TDS? Unfortunately, there are times when a silly mistake such as selecting the wrong assessment year or entering the wrong PAN / TAN can lead to significant deductions.

This can also lead to no tax credit situation for the deductee. However, the government portal allows you to make TDS corrections in TRACES online and offline.

Keep reading to understand how to rectify errors in the TDS challan with a few steps.

How to Correct TDS Challan Details Online?

You can complete the TDS correction in TRACES online. However, TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System or TRACES requires a digital signature for challan correction and registration.

Here are the steps for online challan correction -

Visit the TRACES website and log in with your ID, password and TAN.
On the homepage, choose “Request for Correction” from the “Default” tab.
Enter the respective financial year, form type, quarter and token number.
Select category “Online” and select “Submit”. The next screen will display a request number.
Now, select “Go to Track Correction Request” under “Defaults”. On the redirected page, fill in the request number and click on “View Request”. Click on “Available to Proceed with Correction” and enter your KYC information.
Next, select “Correction Category” and make the required corrections. Click on “Submit for Processing” to submit your correction to find the 15 digits token number.

These steps will help you make the necessary TDS correction online in the challan.

How to Make PAN Correction in TDS Return Online?

You can follow the online challan correction steps to make the relevant PAN correction.

After selecting “Submit Correction Statement”, click on “PAN Correction”.
Search PAN using challan detail or deductee detail. It will display a list of invalid PANs in the statement.
Select a row and enter a valid PAN in the “Changed PAN” section.

The action status changes to “Save for Valid PAN”.

You can download an edited file after a correction has been processed. This new challan will be displayed in the downloaded consolidated file section.

If you are uncomfortable with this online process, the TRACES also allows you to change the challan offline.

How to Add New Challan in TDS Correction Statement Offline?

The mechanism for correction in challan is also available for those tax payments which the taxpayer directly deposits in banks.

You can make relevant corrections in TDS challan offline for tax payments that are directly deposited in banks.

A taxpayer has to visit respective banks where a physical challan has been deposited. The changes can be made within a specific time window.

Here is a table explaining time frame for challan correction -

Correction Type	Period for Correction (From the Date of Challan Deposit)
Assessment Year	Within 7 days
TAN/ PAN correction in TDS return	Within 7 days
Total Amount	Within 7 days
Minor Head	Within 3 months
Major Head	Within 3 months
Nature of Payment	Within 3 months

However, these changes are subject to certain conditions -

You cannot make corrections of minor head and assessment years together.
PAN/TAN correction will be allowed only when the name in the challan is similar to the name in a new PAN/TAN.
You are allowed to make changes in a single challan for once.
The amount change will be permitted only when the mentioned amount is received by a bank and credited to the government.
No partial correction request will be accepted.

What Is the Procedure to Submit Correction Request to The Bank

You have to submit a correction form to a bank. This request form needs to be attached with a copy of your original challan.
A separate request form is to be submitted for each challan.
For challan correction of forms 280, 282, 283, you need a PAN card copy.
In case of correction in TDS challan after online payment, original authorisation with a non-individual taxpayer seal must be attached with a request form.

How to File TDS Correction Statement Online?

The Income Tax Department has a procedure in place for correcting any mistake in statements or original returns by submitting correction statements or returns.

First, download your consolidated TDS file after login into TRACES website.
Import the consolidated TCS/TDS file and then prepare a correction statement as per applicable category.
Fill provisional receipt number of TDS correction statement and validate it through File Validation Utility.
Furnish validated correction statement through NSDL website or with a TIN-FC.

Follow the steps mentioned above to make necessary TDS correction in TRACES online and offline ways.