TDS software for CA firms: every challan and quarterly return, by deductor.
Which clients deduct tax, which challan is open this month, which quarterly return is next and whose data has not come. You still prepare the return in your return utility and submit it yourself. CA Bundals keeps every deductor’s dates, papers and proof in one place.
One row per deductor, with this year’s form numbers and the old names beside them.
Seven of the 30 apps touch TDS work
The TDS app holds the dates. The figures and the proof come from the apps around it.
The quarter itself
TDSMonthly challans, quarterly returns, TCS and Form 16A dates for each deductor client.DocumentsDeduction data, challan copies and PAN lists asked for through a link.PayrollTax on salary month by month, a quarterly salary working and a Form 16 Part B working.AuditA partner approves before a return is marked ready.Dates that already carry this year’s form numbers.
The TDS calendar lays out each deductor’s year: a challan every month, a return every quarter, TCS where it applies, and Form 16A after the return. From FY 2026-27 the quarterly forms carry new numbers. The calendar shows the new name with the old one beside it.
- Challan-cum-statements such as 26QB sit on the same calendar
- The late fee that is running shows against each open return
- Every row says why it applies, traced to the client’s registration
Form numbers, dates and fees are the product’s defaults. Verify each against the current rules and notifications.
Salary TDS comes out of the payroll you already run.
Where your office runs a client’s payroll in the Payroll app, tax on salary is worked out every month on the slabs for the year, under the regime each employee has chosen. At the quarter end you get a salary return working, and at the year end a Form 16 Part B working, both to key into your return utility.
- Challan and return dates from payroll go into the same calendar by themselves
- Each month is reviewed and locked
- Payslips and the bank transfer file come from the same run
TDS on your own fees, matched to your 26AS.
Clients deduct tax when they pay your bills, and the credit counts only if it shows in your firm’s 26AS. In the Payments app, a partner or manager records the tax held back on each invoice and uploads the 26AS downloaded from the portal. The two are matched by TAN, quarter and amount.
- Matched, short, not in 26AS, and in 26AS with no invoice
- A quarter-wise summary and a year total for the firm’s own return
- A tick when the Form 16A has come, and a follow-up to the client when it has not
What this TDS software does, and what it leaves to you
What it does
- Lays out challan, return, TCS and Form 16A dates for every deductor client
- Chases deduction data and challan copies through a link
- Works out tax on salary inside payroll and gives the quarter and year-end workings
- Matches tax deducted on your own fees to the 26AS you upload
- Keeps the acknowledgement number against each return
What it does not do
- Prepare or validate the quarterly return file. That stays in your return utility
- Connect to TRACES or the income-tax portal, or bring Form 16 and Form 16A from them
- Pay a challan. You pay as you do today and record it here
- Replace your TDS return software. It runs the office around it
Questions CA firms ask about TDS work
No. There is no connection to TRACES or to the income-tax portal. You submit the return as you do today and record the acknowledgement number here.
No. Keep it. CA Bundals does the part around it: who owes what and when, whose data is missing, who approved it, and the proof that it went in. The Payroll app adds a salary working you can key from.
Yes. From FY 2026-27 the calendar shows the new numbers with the old names beside them. Check the numbering against the current rules before you rely on it.
Partners and managers only. It sits in the Payments app, next to outstanding fees.
The pricing page shows where each of the 30 apps starts. The first 14 days include all of them.
More on what CA Bundals does
Dates, form numbers, rates and limits on this page are the product’s defaults for FY 2026-27. Verify each against the current notification. The firm, staff and clients in the screens are demo data, and the screens are drawings, not photographs.
Know every deductor’s position before the quarter closes.
Every firm starts with 14 days of all 30 apps. No setup fee. Plans and limits are on the pricing page.