Practical compliance guides

TDS & Compliance Returns · 12 min read

MSME Form 1: Half-Yearly Return for Companies with Dues to MSME Suppliers

If your company buys goods or services from a vendor who is registered as a Micro or Small Enterprise under the MSMED Act - and any payment...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 8

TDS & Compliance Returns · 8 min read

Form 141 Unified TDS Challan: How It Replaces Forms 26QB, 26QC, 26QD and 26QE

Starting Tax Year 2026-27, property buyers no longer file Form 26QB, tenants no longer file Form 26QC, individuals paying contractors no lon...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 8 min read

Form 121 Replaces 15G and 15H from April 2026: Complete Guide

If you have ever submitted Form 15G or Form 15H to your bank to avoid TDS on fixed deposit interest, here is the most important change you n...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 11 min read

TCS Rate Changes from April 2026: Overseas Travel, LRS Education and Liquor

Booking a foreign holiday used to mean an immediate 20% TCS hit on anything above Rs 10 lakh. Sending money abroad for your child’s universi...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 12 min read

Property TDS 2026: How PAN-Based Challan Replaces TAN for NRI Seller Transactions

Buying a flat from your NRI cousin used to mean a compliance marathon: obtain a TAN you would never use again, calculate TDS at 20-30%, depo...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 10 min read

SFT Reporting Changes 2026: New Transactions Added and Thresholds Revised

Even if you never hear the term “SFT”, it directly affects you. Every time you deposit more than Rs 10 lakh in cash, buy property above Rs 3...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 11 min read

PAN Quoting Rules 2026: New Annual Aggregate Thresholds Explained

Depositing Rs 60,000 cash at a bank counter used to mean pulling out your PAN card every single time. From 01 April 2026, that daily hassle...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 11 min read

How to Handle TDS in Zoho Books: Deducting, Recording and Generating Certificates

TDS is one of India's most complex compliance requirements. Every payment to a contractor, professional, landlord, or commission agent requi...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 6

TDS & Compliance Returns · 15 min read

Behind the Scenes: How We Process PT Returns for Multi-City Business Clients

Professional Tax is the smallest statutory payroll deduction - Rs 200/month at most in most states - but it generates the most compliance he...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

TDS & Compliance Returns · 7 min read

TDS Return Filing (24Q / Form 16) 2026 Data Report: Thresholds, Late Fees, and Compliance Benchmarks

This blog is a reference document-the kind of data sheet a CFO prints and keeps on their desk, an HR manager bookmarks for payroll processin...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

TDS & Compliance Returns · 8 min read

TDS Return Filing (24Q / Form 16): CA-Assisted Process for Employers - Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram

Every employer who pays salaries and deducts TDS must file Form 24Q every quarter and issue Form 16 to every employee annually. This is not...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

TDS & Compliance Returns · 15 min read

Common TDS Return Filing (24Q / Form 16) Mistakes Delhi Businesses Make - and How to Avoid Them

A wrong PAN in Form 24Q today becomes a TDS credit mismatch in your employee's Form 26AS tomorrow and a demand notice from the Income Tax De...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2