law: The Income-Tax Act, 1961
  200. Duty of person deducting tax.-
  1[(1)] Any person deducting any sum in accordance with 2[the foregoing provisions of this Chapter] shall pay within the prescribed time, the sum so deducted to the credit of the Central Government or as the Board directs.
  3[(2) Any person being an employer, referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 192 shall pay, within the prescribed time, the tax to the credit of the Central Government or as the Board directs.]
  4[(2A) In case of an office of the Government, where the sum deducted in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Chapter or tax referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 192 has been paid to the credit of the Central Government without the production of a challan, the Pay and Accounts Officer or the Treasury Officer or the Cheque Drawing and Disbursing Officer or any other person, by whatever name called, who is responsible for crediting such sum or tax to the credit of the Central Government, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the prescribed income-tax authority, or to the person authorised by such authority, a statement in such form, verified in such manner, setting forth such particulars and within such time as may be prescribed.]
  5[(3) Any person deducting any sum on or after the 1st day of April, 2005 in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Chapter or, as the case may be, any person being an employer referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 192 shall, after paying the tax deducted to the credit of the Central Government within the prescribed time, prepare such statements for such period as may be prescribed and deliver or cause to be delivered to the prescribed income-tax authority or the person authorised by such authority such statement in such form and verified in such manner and setting forth such particulars and within such time as may be prescribed:]
  6[Provided that the person may also deliver to the prescribed authority a correction statement for rectification of any mistake or to add, delete or update the information furnished in the statement delivered under this sub-section in such form and verified in such manner as may be specified by the authority.]
  1. Section 200 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 20 of 2002, s. 88 (w.e.f. 1-6-2002).
  2. Subs. by Act 23 of 2004, s. 42, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-10-2004).
  3. Ins. by Act 20 of 2002, s. 88 (w.e.f. 1-6-2002).
  4. Ins. by Act 20 of 2015, s. 51 (w.e.f. 1-6-2015).
  5. Ins. by Act 23 of 2004, s. 42 (w.e.f. 1-4-2005).
  6. Ins. by Act 25 of 2014, s. 60 (w.e.f. 1-10-2014).
  7[200A. Processing of statements of tax deducted at source.-
  (1) Where a statement of tax deduction at source 8[or a correction statement] has been made by a person deducting any sum (hereafter referred to in this section as deductor) under section 200, such statement shall be processed in the following manner, namely:-
  (a) the sums deductible under this Chapter shall be computed after making the following adjustments, namely:-
  (i) any arithmetical error in the statement; or
  (ii) an incorrect claim, apparent from any information in the statement;
  (b) the interest, if any, shall be computed on the basis of the sums deductible as computed in the statement;
  1[(c) the fee, if any, shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of section 234E;
  (d) the sum payable by, or the amount of refund due to, the deductor shall be determined after adjustment of the amount computed under clause (b) and clause (c) against any amount paid under section 200 or section 201 orsection 234E and any amount paid otherwise by way of tax or interest or fee;
  (e) an intimation shall be prepared or generated and sent to the deductor specifying the sum determined to be payable by, or the amount of refund due to, him under clause (d); and
  (f) the amount of refund due to the deductor in pursuance of the determination under clause (d) shall be granted to the deductor:]
  Provided that no intimation under this sub-section shall be sent after the expiry of one year from the end of the financial year in which the statement is filed.
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section, "an incorrect claim apparent from any information in the statement" shall mean a claim, on the basis of an entry, in the statement-
  (i) of an item, which is inconsistent with another entry of the same or some other item in such statement;
  (ii) in respect of rate of deduction of tax at source, where such rate is not in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
  (2) For the purposes of processing of statements under sub-section (1), the Board may make a scheme for centralised processing of statements of tax deducted at source to expeditiously determine the tax payable by, or the refund due to, the deductor as required under the said sub-section.]
  7. Ins. by Act 33 of 2009, s. 65 (w.e.f. 1-4-2010).
  8. Ins. by Act 25 of 2014, s. 61 (w.e.f. 1-10-2014).
  1. Subs. by Act 20 of 2015, s. 52, for clauses (c) to (e) (w.e.f. 1-6-2015).