Anything legal takes less time to become popular and stable in any form of social or business environment. In the case of the digital signature of Forms 16, India`s Information Technology Act 2000 recognizes the use of “digital signatures” as equivalent to “physical signatures”. Therefore, a digitally signed Form 16 has the same legal validity as a physically signed form. In addition, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in accordance with Circular No. 2/2007 of the Income Tax Division of 21.5.2007 “in exercise of the powers conferred by section 119 of the Income Tax Act 1961 for the proper administration of this Act, has decided to allow deductors to choose, with respect to withholding tax on income to be recorded under the heading “Salaries”, use their digital signatures to authenticate the withholding tax deduction certificates on Form 16.” Your Form 16 is digitally signed by or on behalf of your employer. Employees should check their salary details, tax deductions and tax calculations. You should also check the form to make sure that the digital signature is validated and that the form is genuine. Validating a digital signature ensures that Form 16 is not forged once signed. Form 16 is a statement of TTY or taxes deducted from your employees` wages and filed with the government. Before you publish Form 16 for your employees, you must digitally sign it with a government-provided signing certificate. Given the current scenario, no company can afford to waste time, labor, and paper on such processes. And with organizations going online with most of their processes, manually signing Form 16 still feels like a waste of resources.

As a result, the concept of digital signature of Form 16 is gaining momentum, saving businesses time, money, and labor on important and critical transactions. This not only helps to manage time, but also increases return on investment (ROI). Creating and issuing Form 16 for employees is a tedious task at the end of each fiscal year. Traditionally, these forms were signed and delivered manually. This whole process is time-consuming, expensive and cumbersome. In addition, there is an increased risk that these forms will be lost or misplaced, resulting in reissue. And for the new edition, you have to go through time-consuming processes again. The TDS certificate from Form 16 is issued when TDS has been withdrawn. If the employer has not deducted a TTY, they are not allowed to give you Form 16. Please see our guide to electronic filing without Form 16 Form 16 contains the information you need to prepare and file your tax return. It shows the breakdown of wage income and the amount of ATS deducted by the employer.

It consists of two components – Part A and Part B (see below). The employer must issue them each year no later than June 15 of the following year, immediately after the taxation year in which the tax is deducted. If you lose your Form 16, you can ask your employer for a duplicate. With reference to the image below, here is some information for filing your tax return for fiscal year 2020-21 (AY 2021-22). Step 1: Open your Form 16 in Adobe Reader. The digital signature is visible on the last page of Form 16. Step 2: Right click on “Signature” and choose “Validate Signature”. The document indicates that the signature is valid and has not been modified after signing. Our software automatically retrieves all relevant information from your Form 16 and creates your tax return. You don`t have to enter anything manually.

Once the signing process is complete, you can publish the signed Form 16 for your employees from the Form 16 tab of Zoho Payroll (web application). Anyone responsible for paying a salary must deduct TDS before payment. The Income Tax Act states that anyone who deducts ATS from a payment must provide a certificate with the details deducted and filed by the ATS. A specific employer is required to submit a certificate in the form of Form 16. Part A of Form 16 provides details on quarterly information on the employer`s NAP and NAP deducted and filed and other information. An employer can generate and download this part of Form 16 via the TRACES portal (www.tdscpc.gov.in/app/login.xhtml). Before issuing the certificate, the employer must certify its contents. It is important to note that if you change jobs in a fiscal year, each employer will issue a separate Part A of Form 16 for the duration of employment. Some of the parts of Part A are: Step 1: Check the validity of the digital signature.

If validation fails, the signature validation status indicates that validity is unknown. You will see the following information: Although this is one of the most important income tax forms, don`t worry if you don`t have it. You can still file your tax return. Click here to learn more. We introduced the Form 16 Sign tool for Windows 10 only to apply your digital signature to Form 16. You can download this app from the Windows Store or by clicking this link. Employees receive an annual salary statement on Form 16. Form 16 contains a breakdown of your annual salary and income tax calculations.

We provide you with steps to verify the authenticity of Form 16 by validating the digital signature. Step 2: You need to perform further validations by clicking on “Signature Properties” and then “View Signer Certificate”. When you click View Signer Certificate, a certificate viewer appears. On the Summary tab, you can see the details of the digital signature. You can also use the Details tab to view the signer`s details, such as their name and email address. You can also see the CA for digital signatures. CCA India is the official certificate authority for digital signatures in India. This has encouraged various digital signature providers such as E-Lock to meet the critical requirement to sign Form 16 with their quick and easy-to-use products. These solutions allow users to digitally sign 16 thousands of forms in minutes and switch to paper, increasing the security and reliability of the entire process. E-Lock solutions extend the signing process and allow users to send these 16 digitally signed forms via email to individual recipients in one go, reducing delivery costs. As a result, users/organizations enjoy dual benefits in a single solution, which means a higher return on investment.