File the quarterly TDS return

24Q for salaries, 26Q for vendors.

Tax deducted at source must be deposited monthly (by the 7th) and reported quarterly via 24Q (salaries) or 26Q (vendors).

Monthly deposit On the 7th, AskBooks reminds you to pay the previous month's TDS. Click **Generate challan**; we create the challan on the TIN-NSDL portal and return a payment link.

Quarterly return After quarter-end, open **Payroll → TDS → 24Q** (or 26Q). The form is pre-filled from your monthly challans and salary/vendor records. Validate; AskBooks checks PAN format, deduction rate, and challan-to-deductee mapping.

File via TRACES Click **Submit**. The signed FVU file uploads to TRACES and you get an acknowledgment number. Form 16/16A for employees and vendors is generated 15 days later, when TRACES finishes processing.