I Lost TDS Certificate. What should I do?
Apply to the person deducting tax at source;l who should issue duplicate certificate as per Rule 31(4) of the I.T. Act .
Is levy of interest U/s.201(1A) for failure to deduct tax or deducting less tax mandatory?
A.O. has no discretion in this regard. Court judgments have made it clear that unlike penalty, A.O. has no discretion in case of levy of interest u/s. 201(1A). Thus, it is mandatory interest.
What is the time limit for submission of Form 15G or 15H to C.I.T. office?
Not doing so, may initiate penalty of Rs.100/- per day u/s. 272A(2)(f) which cannot ,however,exceed amount of tax deductible.
The return shall, now , not be defective it TDS certificate is not attached with the Return of income. You can submit it within two years from the end of assessment years in which such income was assessable.