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What are the changes in the Form 24Q eTDS filing that are applicable from 1-Oct-2009 onwards?#

The format of the eTDS file has changed. The following are the changes in the eTDS file format:

1. It contains the name of the software that is generating these returns
2. It contains information on the category of the deductor i.e. organization doing the tax deduction.
3. There are some additional fields that have been incorporated, which are not applicable for non-Government (private sector) organizations.

The eTDS file now needs to be generated as per the revised format.
The eTDS file should be validated using the file validation utility FVU 2.128.

Additional Information
A salient feature of the new FVU is the ability to compare the challan information entered in the application against the information available with the Income Tax Department. In case the information does not match, a warning file is generated. You can still file the returns with the warning file.
Brief information on how to do the challan information comparison is provided here:

1. You would need to go to the NSDL-OLTAS Challan Enquiry site.
2. Click on the TAN Based View button.
3. On the Challan Status Query for Tax Payer page, enter your TAN number and the period.
4. Download the Challan file.
5. In the FVU application, select this file and go ahead with the validation.
6. If the “Challan amount, Date, Serial no and BSR code” of all the Challans in your eTDS return does not match with the downloaded file, then a warning file will be created.
7. This file can be reviewed and the issues fixed.
8. As informed earlier, this is only a warning file and the comparison activity is optional. You can still file your eTDS returns.

Resources

• The eTDS formats for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Quarters are here and the formats for Quarter 4 is here
• Details of the file formats and the facility to download the FVU is available here