Manual for quarterly e-TDS returns

1) Generate a .csi file from NSDL web site.

Follow the following steps.

i) Visit this website www.tin-nsdl.com.

ii) Click on “Challan Status Enquiry”.

iii) Now click on "Tan Based View"

iv) Enter Your Tan Number. Select the challan tender date from 1.10.2010 to 7.1.2011 and
 click on “Download Challan File”

v) Now .csi file can be downloaded at any where on your desktop.

2) Generate a .txt file from SAP.
Follow the following steps.

i) Create a new folder with name “eTDS” on your desktop.

ii) In this eTDS folder create a file 26Q3.txt and 26Q3.xls

iii) Now generate the .txt file from SAP.

 You must have paid the TDS liability using the T Code “J1INCHLN”

 After payment of TDS from NSDL site, you must have updated the Challan Number
using the T Code “J1INBANK”

Now follow the following steps for generating .txt file.

 Use T Code “J1INQEFILE”

 Enter the fields as follows:

 Under tab “Form Selection” – Form 26Q

 Under tab “ Company Data” – Company Code, state – ‘19’, TDSCAN – your
TAN number, period – ‘q3’, fiscal period – ‘1.10.2010 to 31.12.2010’

 Under tab “withholding tax data- EWT section code” – section code for which
you are preparing eTDS return.

Do not enter anything under ‘withholding tax(classic)’

 Under tab “address details’ – name of the Deductor, Address, postal code, state, e mail ID,
STD code and Phone Number

 Now click on “Responsible person address” – name of the responsible person, Address, postal
code, state, e mail ID, STD code and Phone Number
 Now click on “Output processing options” – click on “e-file generation”, “presentation server”,
give text file name as created above(26Q3.txt), give excel file name as created above(26Q3.xls).

Now press ‘execute’ button on application toolbar.

You will get the details of TDS during the quarter.

Also the files with extension .txt (one file) and .xls (three files) are generated by the system & can
be seen in eTDS folder on your desktop. We have to use this 26Q3.txt file for generation of .fvu
file and .html file from file validation utility as mentioned below.

3) Install TDS_FVU_STANDALONE.jar utility file on your desktop.

 Under TDS/TCS input file – click on browse and give the 26Q3.txt file path

 Under Challan input file -- click on browse and give the .csi file path which you have
downloaded from NSDL site.

 Under error/upload report file -- click on browse and give the path of the eTDS folder. Do
not specify any file name.
Now click on validate. It will generate two more files with extension .fvu and .html in the folder eTDS
on the desktop.

Copy the file 26Q3.txt and 26Q3.fvu and 26Q3.html on a floppy and send it to NSDL along with form
27A which needs to be prepared in Excel format and can not be generated in SAP.

Html file will appear as follows.

Fvu file will appear as follows.