Step-wise Procedures and Guide for e-filing of Form 15G 15H
Step-wise Procedures and Guide for e-filing of Form 15G 15H in electronic form by the deductors to the office of the income tax
CBDT vide notification No. 76/2015 dated 29/09/2015 provided for the electronic filing of form 15G and form 15H declarations by person claiming receipt of certain incomes without deduction of tax wef 01/10/2015.
Later Directorate of lncome-tax (Systems) vide Notification No. 04/2015 dated 01/12/2015 further specified the procedure , formats and standards facilitating electronic filing of the Form 15G and 15H.
Electronic formats have since been finalised and have been made live. Income Tax Department has also specified Instructions to e-File “Statement of Form 15G/15H which are reproduced here under together with added visuals to help users.
(A) Registration Process:
To electronically file the “Statement of Form 15G/15H”, the user should hold a valid Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN) and should be registered at incometax e-filing website in the category as “Tax Deductor & Collector”.
For Registration, go to registration page, select “Tax Deductor & Collector” 
and complete the registration process.
(B) Filing Process:
(1) Download FORM 15G/15H utility from Downloads page -> Forms (Other than ITR) -> FORM 15G/FORM 15H (Consolidated) in zip format
(2) Extract/un-zip the files into a folder and click on the “.bat” file to activate Form 15G/15H as the case may be
(3) Please note that the Form 15G and 15H utilities require the following pre-requisite platforms to run:
(i) Operating systems – Windows 7 or above, latest Linux or Mac OS 10.10(OS X Yosemite)
(ii) Java Runtime Environment Version 7 update 6 or above
(4) Filling the form:
(i) The electronic utility have the following menu options
For first time filing, use lower menu bar. The top menu bar can be used to open a a saved file, save a draft and generate xml after validation.
(ii) Steps involved:
Step-1: Form 15G/H(Consolidated) -> Fill TAN and select the applicable quarter and financial year for which the declaration is to be given.
Step-2: Basic Details -> Fill 10 alphanumeric Unique Identification No. starting with G (for Form 15G) and starting with H (for Form 15H) followed by 9 digits followed by financial year and TAN, then fill details of the assessee (PAN/name, address etc.). Date on which declaration was received. Number of declarations received. Date when income was paid/credited.
Step-3: Income details ->Fill details of income paid or credited, identification number/account, section under which tax is deductible etc.
(5) File validation and generating XML
After filling the form click on “validate” button on the top menu bar. All validation errors shall be displayed at the right hand side blue box. correct the errors and after validation test is passed, click on “Generate XML” and save the file.
(6) DSC is Mandatory to file FORM 15G/15H. Generate signature for the zip file using DSC Management Utility which is available under Downloads tab at income tax efiling website
(7) Login at incometax efiling website through TAN registered, Go to e-File -> Upload Form 15G/15H
(8) Upload the “Zip” file along with the signature file.
(C) Filing Status:
To view the status of the uploaded form 15G/15H files, Go to My account -> View Form 15G/15H.
Once uploaded the status of the statement shall normally be “Uploaded”. The uploaded file shall be processed and validated. Upon validation the status shall be either “Accepted” or “Rejected” which will reflect within 24 hours from the time of upload.
Accepted statements shall be sent to CPC-TDS for further processing. In case if “Rejected”, the rejection reason shall be available and the corrected statement can be uploaded.
(D) List of validations:
List of various validations carried out on the uploaded statements before they are accepted or rejected are as under:
- Schema validations – uploaded xml should comply with the published schema
- Other Business Validations –
- Only one original will be accepted for combination of TAN, Financial Year, Form and quarter.
- TAN, Filing Type, Quarter and Financial Year entered in XML should match with the TAN, Quarter, Financial Year and Filing Type in upload screen.
- UIN should be unique for the TAN and financial year
- Financial year and TAN in the UIN should match with the TAN and Financial Year for which the statement is being uploaded.
Please note that the particulars of self-declarations in form 15G or 15H are to be furnished by the deductor along with UIN in the Quarterly TDS statements. Therefore, though the new rule 29c seems silent on the aspect except that it is a quarterly requirement, forms must be filed before filing return of tds for the concerned quarter.
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We have submited the Form 15G and 15H return for F.Y.2019-20 for Qtr-1 & Qtr-2, Our first qtr return is showing accepted but in second qtr is rejected the reason is Form is already submitted with unique ID mentioned in the XML, please rechek the UIN details.Please guide whether unique identification number of first quarter is repeated in qtr-2 or we have start the next number from Qtr-1.
I filled 10 digits mobile No. in form 15G. but portal says, invalid mobile no. please enter 10 digits valid mobile number. Please how to solve the problem?
Thank ,s for your ideas in solve the my problem and so every man necessary the situation the problem solving this answer.
what is a acknowledgemnt number in form no 15H in basic detail.
thanks
Dear User, for queries, send the screenshot of the page and quote specific cell no.
download latest form 15G utility from website and try again….
this will show errors if any, and correct them and validate again
Thanks for this information.
I am succeeded to file my branch Form15G and 15H for FY.2016-17 Q1. The status is ACCEPTED declared by Income Tax.
Now I am confident with this process and will file henceforth every Quarter form 15G and 15H online towards my customers.
After generating xml the error message showing as “unmarshall error” and is there any java updation requried
Thnks… Till now this is the most appropriate and complete information I found on any website. The Income tax notification is not sufficient for understanding that we need to register ourselves at income tax efilling as a tax deductor. Thanks a lot ….
Hi buddy can any one tell me this…
I have uploaded 4 persons 15g after that i came to know i should have uploaded 67 persons 15g and 15h …is there any solution to add 63 parsons 15gh….? If yes tell me the path……..pls guys…..
Thanks for the useful information
Sir,
As per Rule 29C(3) the declarations received are to be delivered on or before seventh day of the month next following month in which the declaration is furnished to him.
Q. Till what date declarations received in March 2016 are to be submitted to CCIT/CIT.
Very useful and valuable information. No one know about it and all are seeking about it.
Sir,
Could not get the meaning of step No.7:
Login at incometax efiling website through TAN registered .
Pls note that user should get registered at incometax e-filing website in the category as – tax deductor.
What is the time limit for uploading 15g/15h received during the quarter.
Please note that the particulars of self-declarations in form 15G or 15H are to be furnished by the deductor along with UIN in the Quarterly TDS statements. Therefore, though the new rule 29c seems silent on the aspect except that it is a quarterly requirement, forms must be filed before filing return of tds for the concerned quarter.
Please also tell how can it be sent to CPC-TDS for further processing…..!!!
E-filed Form 15G/15H that pass validations shall be sent to CPC by ITD itself. As far as the deductor is concerned, he is only required to file it online.
Thanks…for much useful information..