A Text File Fields Output for Form 26 Q in India

This appendix contains the following topics:

A.1 TDS Statement for Non Salary category - File Header Record

This section provides information about the file format for non-salary TDS file for the Form 26Q Quarterly Returns Report (R75I122EQ).

Record Name Three-digit Column Number (As Printed in the Existing Form 26Q) Line Number Source of Data
Line Number   1 Running sequence number for each line in the file.
Record Type   2 Hard-coded value of File Header (FH) record.
File Type   3 Hard-coded value of NS1.
Upload Type   4 Hard-coded value of R.
File Creation Date   5 The date of creation of the file in ddmmyyyy format.
File Sequence Number   6 The running sequence number for each line in the file.
Uploader Type   7 Hard-coded value of D.
TAN of Deductor   8 The value from the Last TAN of Deductor processing option.
Total number of batches   9 The number of batches that the file contains.
Name of Return Preparation Utility   10 The name of the software that is used for preparing the quaterly eTDS/eTCS statement.
Record Hash   11 Not applicable.
FVU version   12 Not applicable.
File Hash   13 Not applicable.
SAM version   14 Not applicable.
SAM Hash   15 Not applicable.
SCM version   16 Not applicable.
SCM Hash   17 Not applicable.
Consolidated File Hash   18 Not applicable.

A.2 TDS Statement for Non Salary category - Batch Header Record

This section provides information about the batch header record for the Form 26Q Quarterly Returns Report (R75I122EQ).

Record Name Three-digit Column Number (As Printed in the Existing Form 26Q) Line Number Source of Data
Line Number   1 Running sequence number for each line in the file.
Record Type   2 Hard-coded value of Batch Header (BH) record.
Batch Number   3 The value must start with 1.
Count of Challan/transfer voucher records   4 Count of total number of challans/transfer vouchers contained within the batch.
Form number   5 Hard-coded value of 26Q.
Transaction type   6 Not applicable.
Batch Updation Indicator   7 Not applicable.
Original Token number (Token number of regular statement)   8 Not applicable.
Token number of previous regular statement (Form 26Q)   9 If the value is Y in field number 52, it is mandatory to specify a 15-digit token number of the immediate previous regular statement for Form 26Q. Else, no value is required.
Token Number of the statement submitted   10 Not applicable.
Token number date   11 Not applicable.
Last TAN of Deductor/Collector   12 Not applicable.
TAN Deductor   13 The 10-character value of the TAN of the deductor.

All the characters should be in capital letters.

Receipt Number (eight digit) provided by TIN   14 Not applicable.
PAN of Deductor   15 Mandatory to mention the PAN of the deductor.

If the deductor is not required to have a PAN number, then mention PANNOTREQD.

Assessment year   16 The value should be greater than or equal to 200809.

For example, the value is 200809 for assessment year 2008-2009.

Financial year   17 The value must be 1, calculated as: Assessment year - Financial year = 1

A financial year cannot be a future financial year. The value should be greater than or equal to 200708.

Period   18 The values are Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 of the financial year.
Name of Deductor   19 The name of the deductor who deducts tax.
Deductor's Branch/Division   20 The branch/division of the deductor.
Deductor's Address 1   21 The value specifies the address of the deductor.
Deductor's Address 2   22 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Deductor's Address 3   23 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Deductor's Address 4   24 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Deductor's Address 5   25 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Deductor's Address - State   26 The numeric code of the state.

The value is retrieved from the UDC table 75I/SC.

Deductor's Address - Pincode   27 The pincode for the deductor's address.
Deductor's Email-ID   28 The email-ID of deductor/collector or person responsible for deducting/collecting tax is provided. An Email-ID is valid if:
  • At least '@' and '.' is mentioned.

  • Both '@' and '.' are preceded and succeeded by at least one character.

  • At least one '.' comes after '@'.

  • All characters except '^' and 'space' are used.

Deductor's STD Code   29 The STD code for the deductor's telephone number mentioned in field number 30.
Deductor's Telephone number   30 The telephone number or mobile number of the deductor along with the STD code mentioned in field 29.
Change of address of deductor since last return   31 If the address of the deducor has changed after filing the last return, the value is Y. Otherwise, the value is N.
Deductor type   32 The value retrieved from the UDC table 75I/DE.

You use these values in the processing options for the Form 26Q Quarterly Returns report.

Name of person responsible for deduction   33 The name of the person responsible for deduction.
Designation of person responsible for deduction   34 The designation of the person responsible for deduction.
Responsible person's address 1   35 The address of the responsible person.
Responsible person's address 2   36 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Responsible person's address 3   37 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Responsible person's address 4   38 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Responsible person's address 5   39 The length of the address should be less than or equal to 25 characters.
Responsible person's state   40 The numeric code of the responsible person's state.

The value is retrieved from the UDC table 75I/SC.

Responsible person's PIN   41 The pincode for the responsible person's address.
Responsible person's Email-ID - 1   42 The email-ID of the deductor/collector or person responsible for deducting/collecting tax should be provided. An email-ID is valid if:
  • At least '@' and '.' is mentioned.

  • Both '@' and '.' are preceded and succeeded by at least one character.

  • At least one '.' comes after '@'.

  • All characters except '^' and 'space' are used.

Mobile number   43 A 10-digit mobile number.

The value is mandatory for all deductor categories except for the Central Government and the State Government.

For the deductor category, the Central Government and the State Government must have the deductor's or the responsible person's mobile number or telephone number (with the STD code).

Responsible Person's STD CODE   44 The STD code of the value specified in field 45.
Responsible person's telephone number   45 The telephone number with the value mentioned in field 44.
Change of Address of Responsible person since last Return   46 If the address has changed after filing the last return, the value is Y. Otherwise, the value is N.
Batch Total of - Total of Deposit Amount as per Challan   47 The value is same as the sum of the values in the Total of Deposit Amount as per Challan field in the Challan Detail record (Challan Detail record in section Challan / Transfer Voucher Detail Record.)

For example, 3647.00/1000.00 is a valid value. 1234.60/8980 is an invalid value.

Unmatched challan count   48 Not applicable.
Count of Salary Details Records   49 Not applicable.
Batch Total of - Gross Total Income as per Salary Detail   50 Not applicable.
AO Approval   51 The hard-coded value of N.
Whether regular statement for Form 26Q filed for earlier period   52 If the regular statement for form 26Q has been filed for an earlier period, the value is Y. Otherwise, the value is N.
Last Deductor Type   53 Not applicable
State Name   54 The numeric code of the state.

The value is retrieved from the UDC table 75I/SC.

This field is mandatory for the following deductor types:

  • State Government (S)

  • Statutory body - State Government (E)

  • Autonomous body - State Government (H)

  • Local Authority - State Government (N)

For other deductor categories, this value is not specified.

PAO Code   55 The value is mandatory for Central Government (A).

The field is optional for the following deductor types:

  • State Government (S)

  • Statutory body - Central Government (D)

  • Statutory body - State Government (E)

  • Autonomous body - Central Government (G)

  • Autonomous body - State Government (H)

  • Local Authority - Central Government (L)

  • Local Authority - State Government (N)

For other deductor categories, this value is not specified.

DDO code   56 The value is mandatory for Central Government (A).

The field is optional for the following deductor types:

  • State Government (S)

  • Statutory body - Central Government (D)

  • Statutory body - State Government (E)

  • Autonomous body - Central Government (G)

  • Autonomous body - State Government (H)

  • Local Authority - Central Government (L)

  • Local Authority - State Government (N)

For other deductor categories, this value is not specified.

Ministry Name   57 The numeric value is provided. The value is retrieved from the UDC table 75I/MN.

The field is mandatory for the following dedecutor types:

  • Central Government (A)

  • Statutory body - Central Government (D)

  • Autonomous body - Central Government (G)

The field is optional for the following deductor type:

  • State Government (E)

  • Autonomous body - State Government (H)

  • Local Authority - Central Government (L)

  • Local Authority -State Government (N)

For other deductor categories, this value is not specified.

Ministry Name Other   58 If the numeric code 99 (that is, Other) is provided in the Ministry Name field, then the value in the Ministry Name Other field is provided.
TAN Registration Number   59 The value is the registration TAN as generated at TIN.

The value is entered only for the statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

PAO Registration No   60 The field is optional for the following deductor types:
  • Central Government (A)

  • State Government (S)

  • Statutory Body - Central Government (D)

  • Statutory Body - State Government (E)

  • Autonomous body - Central Government (G)

  • Autonomous body - State Government (H)

  • Local Authority - Central Government (L)

  • Local Authority - State Government (N)

For other deductor categories, this value is not specified.

DDO Registration No   61 The field is optional for the following deductor types:
  • Central Government (A)

  • State Government (S)

  • Statutory Body - Central Government (D)

  • Statutory Body - State Government (E)

  • Autonomous body - Central Government (G)

  • Autonomous body - State Government (H)

  • Local Authority - Central Government (L)

  • Local Authority - State Government (N)

For other deductor categories, this value is not specified.

Employer / Deductor's STD code (Alternate)   62 The value is the alternate STD code of the employer/deductor, if that value is present in field number 63.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Employer / Deductor 's Tel-Phone No. (Alternate)   63 The value is the alternate telephone number of the employer/deductor, if that value is present in field number 62.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Employer / Deductor Email ID (Alternate)   64 The alternate email-ID of employer/deductor. An email-ID is valid if:
  • At least '@' and '.' is mentioned.

  • Both '@' and '.' are preceded and succeeded by at least one character.

  • At least one '.' comes after '@'.

  • All characters except '^' and 'space' are used.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Responsible Person's STD Code (Alternate)   65 The value is the alternate STD code of the responsible person, if that value is present in field number 66.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Responsible Person's Tel-Phone No. (Alternate)   66 The value is the alternate telephone number of the responsible person, if that value is present in field number 65.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Responsible Person's Email ID (Alternate)   67 The alternate email-ID of the responsible person. An email-ID is valid if:
  • At least '@' and '.' is mentioned.

  • Both '@' and '.' are preceded and succeeded by at least one character.

  • At least one '.' comes after '@'.

  • All characters except '^' and 'space' are used.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Account Office Identification Number (AIN) of PAO/ TO/ CDDO   68 The value is applicable only in case the deductor category is the Central Government or the State Government, and the mode of deposit of tax is through book entry. Specify the Account Office Identification Number of the following:
  • Pay and Account Office (PAO)

  • Treasure Office (TO)

  • Cheque Drawing and Disbursing Officer (CDDO)

The value is mandatory for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards. (Release 9.1 Update)

Record Hash   69 Not applicable.

A.3 TDS Statement for Non Salary category - Challan / Transfer Voucher Detail Record

This section provides information about the Challan / Transfer Voucher Detail Record for the Form 26Q Quarterly Returns Report (R75I122EQ).

Record Name Three-digit Column Number (As Printed in the Existing Form 26Q) Line Number Source of Data
Line Number   1 Running sequence number for each line in the file.
Record Type   2 Hard-coded value of Challan Detail (CD) record.
Batch Number   3 The value is same as the Batch Number field in the Batch Header record.
Challan-Detail Record Number 401 4 Run the serial number for Challan Detail records in a batch.
Count of Deductee/Party Records   5 The total count of deductee detail records within the e-TDS statement.
NIL Challan Indicator   6 The value is N.

The value is Y if tax is not deposited in bank.

Challan Updation Indicator   7 Not applicable.
Filler 3   8 Not applicable.
Filler 4   9 Not applicable.
Filler 5   10 Not applicable.
Last Bank Challan No. (Used for verification)   11 Not applicable.
Bank Challan No 409 12 The challan number issued by the bank.

This value is applicable to both Government and non Government, non-Nil statements.

This value is not required if the value in the NIL Challan Indicator field is Y. Also, no value is required when some value in the Transfer Voucher No field is provided.

Last Transfer Voucher No (Used for Verification)   13 Not applicable.
DDO serial number of Form No. 24G 409 14 A five-digit DDO serial number provided by the Accounts Officer (AO).

The value is applicable only in case of a Government deductor/collector where TDS/TCS is deposited by Book entry.

You do not enter a value if the value in the NIL Challan Indicator field is Y.

Last Bank-Branch Code/ Form 24G Receipt Number (Used for Verification   15 Not applicable.
Bank-Branch Code/ Form 24G Receipt Number 408 16 The seven-digit Basic Statistical Return (BSR) code provided by the AO.

The value is applicable only in case of a Government deductor/collector where TDS is deposited by Book entry.

You do not enter a value if the value in the NIL Challan Indicator field is Y.

Last Date of Bank Challan No / Transfer Voucher No (Used for Verification   17 Not applicable.
Date of Bank Challan / Transfer Voucher 410 18 The date of payment of tax to the Government.

It can be any date on or after 1st April of immediate previous financial year for which the return is prepared. The value should be equal to the last date of respective quarter if the NIL Challan Indicator field contains the value Y.

Filler 6   19 Not applicable.
Filler 7   20 Not applicable.
Section   21 Hard-coded value from UDC table 75I/T1.

The value is applicable for the statements up to FY 2012-13. The value is not provided for the statements from FY 2013-14 onwards.

Oltas TDS / TCS -Income Tax 402 22 The value is the income tax amount from the total tax deposited through challan. No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

Oltas TDS / TCS -Surcharge   23 The value is the surcharge amount from the total tax deposited through challan. No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

Oltas TDS / TCS - Cess   24 The value is the education cess amount from the total tax deposited through challan. No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

Oltas TDS / TCS - Interest Amount 403 25 The value is the amount of interest from the total tax deposited through challan. No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

Oltas TDS / TCS - Others (amount) 405 26 The value is the other amount from the total tax deposited through challan. No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

Total of Deposit Amount as per Challan/Transfer Voucher Number ( 'Oltas TDS/ TCS -Income Tax ' + 'Oltas TDS / TCS -Surcharge ' + 'Oltas TDS/ TCS - Cess' + Oltas TDS/ TCS - Interest Amount + Fee + Oltas TDS/ TCS - Others (amount) 406 27 The value is the amount of Total tax deposited through Challan. No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

The value in this field must be equal to the total of values in fields 22, 23, 24, 25, 39 and 26.

Last Total of Deposit Amount as per Challan ( Used for Verification)   28 Not applicable.
Total Tax Deposit Amount as per deductee annexure (Total Sum of column no. 421)   29 The value is the sum of the deductee deposit amount of the underlying deductee records.
TDS / TCS -Income Tax   30 The value is the sum of field 14 for the respective challan.
TDS / TCS -Surcharge   31 The value is the sum of field 15 for the respective challan.
TDS / TCS - Cess   32 The value is the sum of field 16 for the respective challan.
Sum of Total Income Tax Deducted at Source (TDS - Income Tax)   33 The value is the sum of field 17 for the respective challan.
TDS / TCS - Interest Amount   34 The value is a statement interest amount as per the respective deductee Annexure.
TDS / TCS - Others (amount)   35 The value is a statement Other amount as per the respective deductee Annexure.
Cheque / DD No. (if any)   36 The value is applicable for the statements up to FY 2012-13. This value is not required for the statements from FY 2013-14 onwards.
By Book entry / Cash 407 37 Valid values are Y and N.

The field is mandatory if Transfer Voucher Number is provided, and the only allowed value is Y. If Bank Challan Number is provided, then the value is N. For a Nil statement, no value is provided.

Remarks   38 The value is Internal Challan Reference No. or Other comments.
Fee 404 39 The value is the fee paid under section 234E for late filing of TDS statement. Mention the amount of the fee for late filing from the total tax deposited through Challan/ Transfer Voucher.

No fractional portion is allowed in this field (the value must be an integer).

For example, the value 1000.50 is not valid; instead the value should be 1000.00.

The value is mentioned only for statements pertaining to FY 2012-13 onwards. If no fee is applicable, enter 0.00.

Minor Head of Challan 411 40 Hard-coded value from the UDC table 75I/MH. No value to be quoted for statements pertaining prior to FY 2013-14.

The value is mandatory for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards. If the deposit of tax is through challan. no value is quoted for nil challan/ transfer voucher.

Record Hash   40 Not applicable.

A.4 TDS Statement for Non Salary category - Deductee Detail Record

This section provides information about the Deductee Detail Record for the Form 26Q Quarterly Returns Report (R75I122EQ).

Record Name Three-digit Column Number (As Printed in the Existing Form 26Q) Line Number Source of Data
Line Number   1 Running sequence number for each line in the file.
Record Type   2 Hard-coded value of Deductee Detail (DD) record.
Batch Number   3 The value is same as the Batch Number field in the Batch Header record.
Challan-Detail Record Number   4 Run the serial number for Challan Detail records in a batch.
Deductee/Party Detail Record No 412 5 Run the serial number to indicate the detail record number.
Mode   6 Hard-coded value of O.
Employee serial no.   7 Not applicable.
Deductee code 414 8 The value is 01 for companies. If other than companies, the value is 02.
Last employee/Party PAN (Used for verification)   9 Not applicable.
Deductee's PAN 415 10 The PAN of the deductee.

There might be deductees who do not have a PAN issued, but have applied for a PAN and have given adequate declaration to the deductor indicating the same. In such cases, the deduction schedule in the statement does not reflect the PAN, and instead states the PAN reference number for the deductee. The deductor has to mention PANAPPLIED in place of PAN. If the deductee is not sure of the PAN format, mention as PANINVALID. However if the deductee has not given any declaration, deductor has to mention PANNOTAVBL in place of PAN.

Last Deductee Ref. No   11 Not applicable.
Deductee Ref. No. 413 12 The value is quoted by the deductor.

The PAN reference number is a unique identifier to identify a deductee.

Name of deductee 416 13 The name of the deductee.
TDS / TCS -Income Tax for the period   14 The value is a decimal with the precision value 2.

If the value in the Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) field is B, and the value in the Section field is 194, 194A, 194EE or 193, then the value must be equal to 0.00. If the value in the Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) field is A or null, then the value must be greater than or equal to 0.00.

TDS / TCS -Surcharge for the period   15 The value is a decimal with the precision value 2.

If the value in the Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) field is B, and the value in the Section field is 194, 194A, 194EE or 193, then the value must be equal to 0.00. If the value in the Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) field is A or null, then the value must be greater than or equal to 0.00.

TDS/TCS-Cess   16 The value is a decimal with the precision value up to 2.

If the value in the Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) field is B, and the value in the Section field is 194, 194A, 194EE or 193, then the value must be equal to 0.00. If the value in the Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) field is A or null, then the value must be greater than or equal to 0.00.

Total Income Tax Deducted at Source TDS / TCS Income Tax 420 17 The value is the sum of fields 14, 15, and 16.
Last Total Income Tax Deducted at Source (Income Tax+ Field no. 15 + Field no. 16) (Used for Verification)   18 Not applicable.
Total Tax Deposited 421 19 The value is the total tax deducted for the deductee. For example, zero (0.00) for a nill statement.

If value in field 'Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction)' is B and value in field 'Section' is 194, 194A, 194EE or 193, then the value should be equal to 0.00. If value in field Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction) is A or null, then the value should be greater than or equal to 0.00

Last Total Tax Deposited   20 Not applicable.
Total Value of Purchase   21 Not applicable.
Amount of Payment / Credit (Rs) 419 22 The amount paid to the deductee.

The value is always greater than 0.00.

Date on which Amount paid / Credited 418 23 The date on which the amount is paid to/credited to/debited from the deductee.
Date on which tax Deducted / Collected 422 24 The date on which the tax was deducted.

The value is mandatory if the value in the Total Income Tax Deducted at Source field is greater than zero (0.00). Do not specify a value if the value in the Total Income Tax Deducted at Source field is zero (0.00).

Date of Deposit   25 Not applicable.
Rate at which Tax Deducted / Collected 423 26 The rate at which the tax is deducted. The value is a decimal with precision value up to 4.

For example, if the value is 2 then specify the value as 2.0000.

If the value in the Total Income Tax Deducted at Source field is 0.00 then the rate at which tax is deducted must be 0.0000.

Grossing up Indicator   27 Not applicable.
Book Entry / Cash Indicator   28 The value is either Y or N depending on whether the tax is paid by using the book entry or otherwise.

The value is Y for Book entry and N for otherwise.

This value is applicable for the statements up to FY 2012-13. This value is not specified for the statements from FY 2013-14.

Date of furnishing Tax Deduction Certificate   29 Not applicable.
Remarks 1 (Reason for non-deduction / lower deduction/ higher deduction/threshold) 424 30 Use the value from the UDC table 75I/ND, if applicable. Otherwise, this value is not required.
Remarks 2 (For future use)   31 Not applicable.
Remarks 3 (For future use)   32 Not applicable.
Section Code under which payment made 417 33 The value is specified using the UDC table 75I/T1.

This value is mandatory for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Certificate number issued by the Assessing Officer u/s 197 for non-deduction/lower deduction. 425 34 The value is mandatory, if the value in field 30 is A.

This value is specified for statements pertaining to FY 2013-14 onwards.

Filler 1   35 Not applicable.
Filler 2   36 Not applicable.
Filler 3   37 Not applicable.
Filler 4   38 Not applicable.
Record Hash   39 Not applicable.