IndiaAuditLens
Manage TDS certificates and filing history
Issue Form 131 (non-salary) and Form 130 (salary) from tax year 2026-27, and Form 16A and Form 16 up to FY 2025-26, from the official files you download on TRACES. IndiaAuditLens checks each file against the filed…
By IndiaAuditLens product team · Updated 2026-10-17
Before you begin
Select the correct client, TAN, financial year, form, and quarter. The statement must be filed and its receipt reconciled: certificates open only then. Download the certificates from TRACES and convert them with the TRACES PDF utility. Keep the PDFs exactly as converted; never edit them. Form 16 up to FY 2025-26: confirm each employee's annual working in Form 138 (24Q) Q4. Part B is made from it. Signing is done in the IndiaAuditLens desktop app with the DSC token of the person responsible for deduction. Add the firm's email address under Firm settings: replies to certificate emails go there.
Which certificate, which parts
Form 133 and Form 27D (TCS) stay in the certificate register as official files; they are not issued from this list.
Issue the certificates of a statement
Open the client, choose Returns → TDS/TCS → Certificates, and choose a statement marked Ready. Under Issue Form 131 · Q2 · 2026-27 (the name follows the form and year), every employee or deductee is listed with a status: TRACES file missing or Part A missing: add the PDF for that PAN with Add TRACES PDF. A TRACES ZIP already in the register can be placed by PAN with Split … by PAN. TRACES file to check or Part A to check: IndiaAuditLens has read the file and compared the TAN, the PAN, the year, the quarter and the tax with the return. Look at the file and press Confirm. If a line differs,…
How the desktop app signs
The desktop app fetches each document waiting to be signed and signs it with the DSC token in the token's own PIN window; IndiaAuditLens never sees the PIN. A signed copy is accepted only when it is the same document with a valid digital signature added over the whole file, by a certificate valid when it signed and when IndiaAuditLens received the file. The certificate must also have been issued by a certifying authority licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (India PKI): a self-made certificate, or one from any other authority, is refused. Anything else is refused and the…
A TRACES file you signed while converting it already carries a signature. Form 131 or 16A is then signed as it is. For Form 16, Part A is sent as it is beside the signed Part B.
Review filing history and acknowledgements
Open Filings and select the TAN/FY/form/quarter. Review the lifecycle state and stored TXT, FVU, receipt, Form 27A, and certificate artifacts where available. Open Ack → Receipt for the return. Compare the receipt/provisional receipt number, time, form, quarter, FY, and TAN to the external portal record. Preserve the maker-checker log, artifact version, receipt, correction lineage, and delivery evidence under the firm's retention policy. Treat a queued/pending provider job as pending. Treat an internal status without a matching external receipt as unconfirmed.
Expected result
Each recipient's certificate shows its status. A certificate is emailed only once signed, exactly as previewed, and each email is recorded with its date and result. Every return described as filed has a matching external acknowledgement and traceable artifact history.