New Delhi, 5 June (KNN) The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date of filing of TDS statement in Form 24Q for financial year 2018-19 from 31st of May, 2019 to 30th of June, 2019 and the due date  issue of TDS certificate in Form 16 for financial year 2018-19 from 15th of June, 2019 to 10th of July, 2019.

It has also extended the due date for Order dated 04.06.2019 issued under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 to this effect is available on www.incometaxindia.gov.in.

The decision has been taken with a view to redress genuine hardship of deductors in timely filing of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) statement in Form 24Q on account of revision of its format and consequent updating of the File Validation Utility(FVU) for its online filing.

CBDT had notified amended Form 24Q for filing TDS statement by deductors of tax vide Notification No. 36/2019 dated 12th April, 2019. Subsequently, the File Validation Utility (FVU) for online filing of Form 24Q was updated by NSDL on 21st of May, 2019.