Form 131: Certificate under section 395(4) for tax deducted other than from salary, pension or specified senior-citizen interest
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Purpose, person and period
Certificate under section 395(4) for tax deducted other than from salary, pension or specified senior-citizen interest.
The deductor issues Form 131 for non-salary TDS, matching the deductee, payment character, quarter, statement and actual deposit evidence; payroll Form 130 and challan-statement Form 132 are different certificates.
Period gate: This numbered form belongs to the Income-tax Rules, 2026, effective 1 April 2026. The predecessor 16A is a concordance, not permission to change an earlier-year filing into a new-law form. For earlier periods, use the applicable 1961 Act form and saved procedure.
Controlling rule and source pages
Rule 215; Section 392(2), Section 395(4). Physical PDF pp 749-750; printed Gazette pp 2281-2282.
Rule 215 — connected rule text
215. Certificate of tax deducted or collected at source to be furnished under section 395(4). — (1) The certificate of deduction or collection of tax at source by any person under Chapter XIX -B of the Act or the certificate of payment of tax by the employer on beh alf of the employee under section 392(2)(a), corresponding to sections under which deductions, payments or collections are made as referred to in column B of the following table, shall be furnished to the employee, or payee, or buyer, or licensee, or lesse e, as the case may be, after generating and downloading the same from the web portal specified by the Director General of Income -tax (Systems) or the person authorised by him, in the Form as referred in column C thereof and within the time specified in co rresponding entry in column D of the said Table: Table Sl. No. Section under which tax deducted, paid or collected Form Due date A B C D 1 Deduction or payment of tax under sections 130 By the 15th June of the financial year [PDF PAGE 160] 1692 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] 392 [Other than sub -section (7) thereof] and 393(1) [Table: Sl.No.8 (iii)]. immediately following the tax year in which the income was paid and tax deducted. 2 Deduction under sections 392(7), 393(1) (other than [Table: Sl. Nos. (2)(i), (3)(i), (6)(ii), and (8)(vi)]) and 393(2) and (3). 131 Within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing statement of tax deducted at source under rule 219. 3 Deduction under section 393(1)–– (a) [Table: Sl. No. (2)(i)]; (b) [Table: Sl. No. (3)(i)]; (c) [Table: Sl. No. (6)(ii)]; and (d) [Table: Sl. No. (8)(vi)]. 132 Within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing challan cum statement in Form No. 141. 4 Collection under section 394(1). 133 Within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing statement of tax collected at source under rule 219. (2) If an assessee is employed by more than one employer during the year, each of the employers shall issue Part A and B of the certificate in Form No. 130, pertaining to the period for which such assessee was employed with each of the employers and Part C may be issued by each of the employers or the last employer at the option of the assessee. (3) The deductor or collector may issue a duplicate certificate in Form No. 130 or Form No. 131 or Form No. 133, as the case may be, if the deductee or collectee has lost the original certificate so issued and makes a request for issuance of a duplicate certificate and such duplicate certificate is certified as duplicate by the deductor or collector. (4) Where a certificate is to be furnished in Form No. 130, or Form No. 131, or Form No. 132, or Form No. 133, the deductor may, at his option, use digital signatures to authenticate such certificates. (5) In case of certificates issued under sub-rule (4), the person furnishing the certificate shall ensure that— (a) once the certificate is digitally signed, the contents of the certificates are not amenable to change; and (b) the certificates have a control number and a log of such certificates is maintained by the deductor. (6) For the purposes of th is rule, challan identification number means the number comprising the Basic Statistical Returns (BSR) Code of the Bank branch where the tax has been deposited, the date on which the tax has been deposited and Challan Serial Number given by the bank. (7) T he certificate shall be generated and downloaded in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified under rule 332.
Completed field illustration
Fictional data, not for filing. A fictional non-government company provides a non-salary TDS certificate for a resident professional-service payment.
| Form field / block | Completed fictional entry |
|---|---|
| Part A: deductor / PAN / TAN / address / contact | Example Client Ltd / synthetic ZZZCE0000Z / MODEL-TAN-131 / 10 Model Road, Pune / tds@example.invalid |
| Deductee / PAN / address / TY / quarter | Priya Arun Sharma / synthetic ZZZPS0000Z / 12 Model Road, Pune / 2026-27 / quarter ended 30 September 2026 |
| Certificate / last updated | MODEL-CERT-131 / 10 November 2026, hypothetical |
| Part B: nature / gross amount / date | Professional accountancy services, assumed statutory category / Rs 10,00,000 / 15 September 2026 |
| Rate / TDS / deposit | 10% / Rs 1,00,000 / Rs 1,00,000, assumed |
| Original quarterly statement receipt | MODEL-F140-131, not an actual receipt |
| Challan mode / CIN components | Non-government challan mode; MODEL-BSR, 7 October 2026, MODEL-SERIAL; no actual matched CIN |
| Book-adjustment branch | Not applicable; no BIN fabricated |
| Verification | Model deductor officer / NOT ISSUED, NOT SIGNED |
This illustrates the named fields, not every possible schedule. Use the complete official extract for additional applicable fields, annexures and verification. “Not signed” means no professional certification or authority action has occurred.
Reconcile the example
- 10,00,000×10% = 1,00,000; assumed net remittance 9,00,000.
- Deducted and deposited amounts reconcile; a synthetic CIN is not treated as a portal match.
Apply the actual payment category, threshold, PAN and certificate facts; 10% is not the rate for every technical-service or contractor payment. A Form 131 certificate is not the quarterly Form 140 statement itself.
Prepare, furnish and retain
- Use the form identity and period above, then determine the person who prepares, issues or verifies it from Rule 215. An authority-issued order is not an applicant filing.
- Collect the records that support the actual fields in the example; keep any mandatory schedules and annexures specified in the complete source form.
- Reconcile dates, amounts, units and identifiers to the underlying records. Preserve the applicable rule version and any later correcting notification.
- Where the rule prescribes electronic furnishing, use the current official utility/schema and authorised verification. A local PDF does not produce a portal acknowledgement.
- Retain the submitted version, supporting schedules and actual acknowledgement or issued certificate/order, as applicable. This fictional model supplies none of those evidential outcomes.
Download the correct documents
Official Form 131 source extract Filled sample — fictional field illustration
The official extract preserves source pages; later amendments are supplied with affected forms. Read the April corrigendum where its printed-page corrections apply. The filled field illustration is an educational model and cannot be filed.
Primary sources
Questions readers ask
Does this sample prove approval, filing or a professional conclusion?
No. It completes the named fields using synthetic facts. It has no real signature, DSC, approval or acknowledgement.
Can I use the legacy form number for a current tax-year obligation?
Establish the governing period first. A predecessor number is a cross-reference; earlier-year procedures and current-year forms must be kept distinct.