Income Tax Releases Guidance Note for UDIN Updation

Income Tax Releases Guidance Note for UDIN Updation

Reetu | Apr 12, 2022 |

Income Tax Releases Guidance Note for UDIN Updation

Income Tax Releases Guidance Note for UDIN Updation

Guidance on updating UDIN for Audit Reports

The functionality for updating UDIN against the Audit reports submitted by CA users has been enabled at e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in.

Please note that this functionality may not be used for updating UDIN for Forms submitted prior to April 2021.

In this functionality only those Forms will be shown which are accepted by the Assessee.

This Instruction document has to be read in conjunction with the Instruction for UDIN Functionality.

View/ Update UDIN Details

After Statutory Form is uploaded by CA user, they can login to e-Filing Portal and navigate to e-File menu -> Income Tax Forms -> View/ Update UDIN Details

Process of updating UDIN against Single Form

Step 1

Navigate to View/ Update UDIN Details functionality and go to Single PAN/TAN tab.

Step 2

On the single PAN/TAN tab, all the Forms accepted by Assessee and pending for UDIN update will be shown.

If any specific Form is not visible on the screen, then you can search it using filter criteria available on the screen.

Step 3

Click on the link ‘Update UDIN’, available against the Form.

Step 4

On clicking Update UDIN link, a pop up will open. In this Pop up, enter the UDIN (generated on ICAI portal) for this Form, AY combination.

Step 5

Make sure that the UDIN entered is in correct format and not been used/ consumed for any other Form.

Step 6

Select the declaration available on the pop up and then click on Submit button.

Step 7

After the UDIN is validated by ICAI, it will get updated against the selected Form.

Process of updating Bulk UDIN

Step 1

For Bulk UDIN update, navigate to View/ Update UDIN Details screen and then go to Bulk UDIN Update tab.

Step 2

On the Bulk UDIN Update tab, download the Excel template and the instruction sheet

Step 3

Go through the instruction sheet to check what all mandatory information has to be provided before uploading the Bulk UDIN CSV and the steps to convert excel file into a CSV file.

Step 4

Go to Single PAN/TAN tab and download all the list of all the Forms pending for UDIN update. This can be done by clicking on the button ‘Export to Excel’.

Step 5

Copy all the entries of this exported excel and paste them in the template downloaded from ‘Bulk UDIN Update’ screen.

Step 6

If you want to remove any Forms from the template, you can do so.

Step 7

Update UDIN against all the entries available in the excel template. Then save this template as a .CSV file.

Step 8

Upload this .CSV file in the ‘Bulk UDIN Update’ screen.

Step 9

Make sure that the file size does not exceed 5MB.

Step 10

After the CSV file is uploaded successfully, Token number will get generated. You can note down this token number for future reference.

Step 11

It will get processed by the e-Filing system. This can take maximum 24 hours.

Process of checking the status of Bulk uploaded UDIN

Step 1

To check the status of Bulk UDIN update, navigate to View/ Update UDIN Details screen and go to the tab ‘Check Bulk UDIN Status’.

Step 2

On the Check Bulk UDIN Status tab search the token number by either entering the Token number or the date range during which bulk file was uploaded.

If the bulk file is not processed, it will show the status as ‘Pending’.

If the Bulk file is processed successfully, it will show the status as ‘Processed’

If the file is not processed due to some technical issue or data issue, then the status will be shown as ‘Processing Failed’ and the file will be sent for re-processing.

Step 4

When the status is ‘Processed’, the Token number will become hyperlink.

Click on this hyperlink to view the status of all the uploaded UDINs.

Step 5

You can download all these UDINs in excel, using the Export to Excel feature.

Step 6

If the UDIN Status is ‘UDIN Update Failed’, then click on the (i) icon and see the reason for failure.

To Read Full Guidance Note Download PDF Given Below:

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