Process Flow Form 24G

24G to be filed monthly by the

PAO/DTO/CDDO to confirm the
TDS/TCS by book entry reported
by the DDOs
Account Office Identification
Number (AIN) is required to file
form 24G

AIN - How to Apply

Application for AIN has to be made in the form
Application for allotment of Accounts Office Identific
ation Number
(AIN application form)

The application has to be made in physical form

as per guidelines provided with the AIN application
form.

How to download the AIN application

The AIN application form can be downloaded from
Income Tax Department website (www.incometaxindia.gov.in)
OR
TIN website www.tin-nsdl.com
OR
Physical form can be collected from the office of the
Commissioner of Income Tax(TDS)

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

AIN - Where to Submit

The duly filled and signed application for AIN allotment is

to be submitted in physical form to the jurisdictional CIT
(TDS).

The details of the CIT (TDS) are available on the TIN

website (www.tin-nsdl.com)

The details of the CIT (TDS) are available on the TIN

website (www.tin-nsdl.com)

AIN allotment letter will be sent by NSDL to the

PAO / CDDO / DTO at the address mentioned in
the AIN allotment form.
However if you do not receive the letter, please
Tel : 020-27218080
line)
call on TIN(hunting
Call Center
Fax: 020-27218081
email: tininfo@nsdl.co.in
Timings: 9.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Saturday

Form 24G Preparation Utility (Version 1.0) How to Prepare

AO can prepare the statement either using his own software or using the Form 24G Preparation
Utility developed by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and freely available at Tax
Information Network (TIN) website (www.tin-nsdl.com) or ITD website (
www.incometaxindia.gov.in). You can click here to download the Form 24G Preparation Utility.

The Form 24G Preparation Utility is a Java based utility. Form 24G Preparation Utility can
be freely downloaded from www.tin-nsdl.com. After downloading, it needs to be saved on the
local disk of the machine.JRE (Java Run-time Environment) should be installed on the
computer where . Form 24G Preparation Utility is being installed. JRE is freely downloadable
from http://java.sun.com and http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk or you can ask your
computer vendor (hardware) to install the same for you.

Form 24G Preparation Utility can be executed on Windows platform(s) Win 2K Prof. / Win 2K
Server/ Win NT 4.0 Server/ Win XP Prof. To run the Form 24G Preparation Utility, click on the
24GRPU.bat file.

If JRE is not installed on the computer, then on clicking 24GRPU.bat, a message will be
displayed. In such cases, install JRE and try again. If appropriate version of JRE is installed,
then the Form 24G Preparation Utility will be displayed.

How to Download 24G preparation Utility & File Validation Utility

STEP
1

Double click & Save it

on your Computer. It
will be saved in folder
with Zip file

JRE (Java Run-time

Environment) should be
installed on the
computer where the
Form 24G FVU is being
installed.
STEP 2

STEP 3

Double click & Save it

on your Computer. It
will be saved in folder
with Zip file

STEP
1

Create the
folder

Go to the folder
where 24G RPU
is saved (Here
24GRPU Zip file
is saved in
24GRPU folder
for illustration
purpose only

Extract the
Data by
Double
Click

It will ask the location to save the unzip file

Give the Location in the D Drive

Run Unzip

Folder 24GRPU
is created after
unzipping

How to Prepare 24G

By Double Clicking on the 24GRPU folder

STEP
1

STEP
2

To run the Form 24G

Preparation Utility

By click on this the

24G Form will be
open

Double click on this jar file - Form24G

preparation Utility version 1.0 will be
open
STEP 2

Return Preparation Utility - Form 24G Fill the Form 24G as per the
given fields (Statement Details)
Note: Fields with * marks are mandatory fields

Return Preparation Utility - Form 24G - Fill the Form 24 as per the
given fields (DDO Details)
Note: Fields with * marks are mandatory fields

Click on Create file after filling all the field

Create the folder

where the properly
filled 24gG form to
be saved

Give the file

name

Click on
open

Save the file for future reference

Location of
the file is
in D Drive.
For
illustration
file is
saved as
May2011.

Open the folder

as saved by you

This file shall be used

for validation
purpose and the file
name shall be the
input path file in the
FVU for validation.

After certain addition and

deletions this file may be
used for future reference

Pass this file with

FVU for validation

File Validation Utility (Version 1.0)- Form 24G

Validation
Once the statement is prepared, the AO
shall validate the same by using File
Validation Utility (FVU) developed by
National Securities Depository Limited
(NSDL) and freely available at Tax
Information Network (TIN) or ITD website.

STEP 3

Save it in
you D
drive

Downloading FVU (Version1)

Double
Click to
open this
folder

Double Click

Here we
are using
the
24GFVU
folder for
illustration
purpose
only. You
have to
unzip the
file which is
saved by
you in D
drive

Run Unzip

Double
Click

How to pass the file from file validation

utility
By Double Clicking on the 24GFVU
folder
Double Click

Step 1
Select the file as
Input which
were created
through 24G
Preparation Utility
and saved in D
drive. For
example the file
was created and
saved as
May2011.

Select
Error/Upload &
24G Statement
Statistic Report
File Path.
Step 2 By using file name
and path as per
your convenience.
For Example path
for this file is
d://24SSRs

Click on Validate

 Go to D Drive and click on the folder,

which has been named as path for
Error/Upload & Statistics Report File
Path.
For illustration the file was saved as
24SSR folder in D Drive.

Step
1

Double
Click

Take the
print out of
24G
Statement
Statistical
Report. The
report
should be
signed and
be
submitted
along with
the CD.

File to be stored
in CD (.FVU
Extension)
STEP 2

STEP 3

24G Statement Statistic Report (Physical

form) and CD containing the .FVU file will
be submit to TIN FC ( Tax Information
Network Facilitation Center)

How to collect the data and where

to Upload
The statement can be furnished in Compact Disk (CD) at
any of the TIN-Facilitation Centers (TIN-FC) managed
by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)
along with Form 24G Statement Statistics Report, duly
signed by the AO.

Where the DDO and AO are same, the statistics report

shall be counter signed by his superior officer.

Tax Information
Network
facilitation
Center (TIN FC)

BIN

Receipt
Number

Date of
Transfer
Voucher DDO Serial Number