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Income Tax Calendar – Important Dates for Year 2018 -19

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“The due date for filing returns for FY 2017-18 for businesses requiring tax audit and for companies has been further extended from 15 October 2018 to 31 October 2018.
However, there is no extension of date for payment of taxes. Therefore, non-payment before 30 September 2018 can result in interest under Section 234A.”

It is crucial that a taxpayer remains compliant with the various due dates prescribed under the income tax law to save him from paying interests and penalties for non-compliance.

We have captured in the table below, various due dates for the Calendar Year 2018 which you can rely on so as to remain compliant :

MonthDue dateApplicable toCompliance
January 20187 January 2018Non government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in December 2017
14 January 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax deducted in
November 2017 under Section 194IA
(TDS on transfer of immovable property)
and 194IB (TDS on rent in excess of Rs 50,000)
15 January 2018Collectors of TCSQuarterly statement of TCS deposited for
the quarter ending 31 December 2017
30 January 2018Collectors of TCSQuarterly TCS certificates for the
quarter ending 31 December 2017
30 January 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing of challan-cum-statement
under Section 194IA and 194IB for December 2017
31 January 2018All deductorsQuarterly statement of TDS deposited for the quarter ending 31 December 2017
February 20187 February 2018Non government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in January 2017
14 February 2018All deductorsFurnish TDS certificates for TDS done under
Sections 194IA and 194IB for December 2017
15 February 2018All deductors (except salary)Quarterly TDS certificates for quarter ending 31 December 2017
March 20182 March 2018All deductorsFurnish challan-cum-statement for TDS made in January 2018
7 March 2018Non-government deductorsDeposit of TDS done in February 2018
15 March 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificates for TDS
done for January 2018 under Sections 194IA and 194IB
15 March 2018Taxpayers liable for advance taxFourth installment of Advance Tax for FY 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)
15 March 2018Taxpayers opting for presumptive scheme of tax under Sections 44AD/44ADA/Payment of whole amount of advance tax for the FY 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)
30 March 2018All deductorsFurnish challan-cum-statement for TDS made in February 2018
April 20187 April 2018Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in March 2018
14 April 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax deducted in
February 2018 under Section 194IA
(TDS on transfer of immovable property)
and 194IB (TDS on rent in excess of Rs 50,000)
30 April 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing challan-cum-statement
for TDS made under 194IA and 194IB for March 2018
30 April 2018Non-government deductorsDeposit of TDS made in March 2018 with the government
30 April 2018Persons receiving Form 60 (declaration by persons not holding a PAN)Must e-file a declaration in Form 61 containing
details of Form 60 received during the period between
October 2017 to March 2018
May 20187 May 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in April 2018
15 May 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax
deducted in March 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
15 May 2018Person collecting TCSQuarterly statement of TCS deposited for the quarter ended 31 March 2018
30 May 2018Non-government deductorsDeposit of TDS made in April 2018 with the government
30 May 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing challan-cum-statement
for TDS made under 194IA and 194IB for April 2018
31 May 2018All deductorsQuarterly statement of TDS deposited for the quarter ended 31 March 2018
31 May 2018For persons covered under Section 285BA of the Income-tax Act, 1961Due date for filing of SFT in Form 61A for the FY 2017-18
June 20187 June 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in May 2018
14 June 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax
deducted in April 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
15 June 2018All deductorsQuarterly TDS certificates (for payments other than salary)
for the quarter ending 31 March 2018
15 June 2018All taxpayers liable to pay advance taxFirst installment of Advance Tax for the FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20)
15 June 2018To employersIssue of Form 16 for the TDS done during FY 2017-18
30 June 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing challan-cum-statement for
TDS made under 194IA and 194IB for May 2018
July 20187 July 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in June 2018
15 July 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax
deducted in May 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
15 July 2018Person collecting TCSQuarterly statement of TCS deposited for the quarter ended 30 June 2018
30 July 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing challan-cum-statement
for TDS made under 194IA and 194IB for June 2018
31 July 2018All deductorsQuarterly statement of TDS deposited for the quarter ended 30 June 2018
31 July 2018All taxpayers other than companies or those not liable for a tax auditFiling of annual return of income for the FY 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)
31 July 2018Taxpayers claiming Foreign Tax CreditUpload Form 67 containing details of
foreign income and taxes paid overseas on such income
August 20187 August 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in July 2018
14 August 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax
deducted in June 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
15 August 2018All deductors (except salary)Quarterly TDS certificate for quarter ending 30 June 2018
30 August 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing challan-cum-statement
for TDS made under 194IA and 194IB for July 2018
31 August 2018All taxpayers other than companies or those not liable for a tax auditFile annual return of income within the extended due date
September 20187 September 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in August 2018
14 September 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for
tax deducted in July 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
15 September 2018All taxpayers liable to pay advance taxSecond installment of Advance tax for the FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20)
30 September 2018All businesses with turnover > Rs 1 crore and Professionals with gross receipts > Rs 50 lakhsAudit report under Section 44AB (due date extended to 31st October 2018 )
30 September 2018All businesses with turnover > Rs 1 crore and Professionals with gross receipts > Rs 50 lakhsFile annual return of income (due date extended to 31st October 2018 )
30 September 2018All deductorsFurnish challan-cum-statement for TDS done under
Section 194IA and 194IB for the month of August 2018
30 September 2018Taxpayers claiming Foreign Tax CreditUpload Form 67 containing details of foreign
income and taxes paid overseas on such income (stands extended to 31st October 2018)
October 20187 October 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in September 2018
15 October 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for tax deducted
in August 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
30 October 2018Person collecting TCSQuarterly statement of TCS deposited for the quarter ended 30 September 2018
30 October 2018All deductorsFurnish challan-cum-statement for TDS done
under Section 194IA and 194IB for the month of September 2018
30 October 2018All collectors of TCSQuarterly TCS certificate for quarter ending 30 September 2018
31 October 2018All deductorsQuarterly statement of TDS deposited for quarter ending 30 September 2018
November 20187 November 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in October 2018
14 November 2018All deductorsDue date for issue of TDS certificate for
tax deducted in September 2018 under Section 194IA and 194IB
15 November 2018All deductors (except salary)Quarterly TDS certificate for quarter ending 30 September 2018
30 November 2018All deductorsFurnish challan-cum-statement for TDS done
under Section 194IA and 194IB for the month of October 2018
30 November 2018Taxpayers having international transactions and liable to submit report under Section 92EAnnual return of Income for the FY 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)
30 November 2018Taxpayers having international transactions and liable to submit report under Section 92EAudit report under Section 44AB
30 November 2018Taxpayers having international transactions and liable to submit report under Section 92EReport in Form 3CEB
30 November 2018Taxpayers claiming Foreign Tax CreditUpload Form 67 containing details of foreign
income and taxes paid overseas on such income
December 20187 December 2018Non - Government deductorDeposit of TDS deducted in November 2018
15 December 2018All taxpayers liable to pay advance taxThird installment of advance tax for the FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20)
15 December 2018All deductorsIssue of TDS certificates for tax deducted
under 194IA and 194IB for October 2018
30 December 2018All deductorsDue date for furnishing challan-cum-statement
for TDS made under 194IA and 194IB for November 2018

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