Form 16 replaced by Form 130 Income Tax Act 2025
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India’s most familiar salary document has a new name, a new structure and a new statutory basis. Form 16, the TDS certificate that salaried employees have received every June for decades, has been replaced by Form 130 under the Income-Tax Act, 2025. If you are a salaried employee, a pensioner, or an employer running payroll, this is what you need to know.

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