Form No. 137

In case the AIN of the AO is not present in the master, TIN-FC will ask for proof of AIN. The valid proof for the same is the letter of allotment of AIN issued by DIT (Systems), Delhi. If the AO can produce the same and statement is valid in other respects, only then the Form No. 137 submitted by him will be accepted.

• Yes, Only if filer provides correct OTP, statement will be successfully accepted, in case OTP authentication fails then statement will not be accepted and Non acceptance memo will be issued to the filer.

• OTP will be sent to the registered email ID and mobile no. of Accounts Officer present in AIN master database.

• In case OTP authentication fails then statement will not be accepted and Non acceptance memo will be issued to the filer with appropriate message to update email ID/Mobile Number through your jurisdictional CIT TDS.

• No, In case OTP based authentication fails then the filer has to submit request letter to update email ID/Mobile Number through their jurisdictional CIT TDS. Kindly refer the procedure to update latest mobile number/ email id. On TIN website at below mentioned URL.
  https://tinpan.proteantech.in/faqs/form-no_137/form-no_137-faq-acceptance.html

• If mobile number/ email id are not present or are incorrect, then they are required to update the same through your jurisdictional CIT TDS. Format letter needs to be approved by jurisdictional CIT TDS for updating email id and Mobile no in Protean’ s database.
• Please click below URL for format letter
  https://tinpan.proteantech.in/services/ain/online_ain_update-emailid.html
• Soft copy of request letter shall be forwarded to Protean on TIN_AIN@proteantech.in and tininfo@proteantech.in
• Physical copy of request letter shall be forwarded at the following address:
  TIN Operations,
  Protean e-Gov Technologies Limited
  1st floor, Times Tower,
  Kamala Mills Compound,
  Senapati Bapat Marg,
  Lower Parel (W),
  Mumbai - 400013.

A monthly Form No. 137 submitted by an AO can be rejected on any of the following grounds:

• Form No. 137 Statement Statistic Report is not furnished.
• Striking/overwriting, if any, on Form No. 137 Statement Statistic Report are not duly ratified by the responsible/ authorized person.
• Copy of Provisional Receipt of Original Form No. 137 is not submitted with Correction Form No. 137 statement
• More than one CD/Pen drive is used for furnishing one Form No. 137 statement
• Form No. 137 statement is compressed using a compression utility other than WinZip 9.0 or ZipItFast 3.0 (or their higher versions)
• Form No. 137 statement is not in conformity with the file formats prescribed by ITD
• AIN stated in Form No. 137 statement is not present in AIN database or
• Name/Address of Accounts Office in Form No. 137 statement and or Statement Statistic Report does not match with details available in AIN database.
• Mismatch of control totals as per the Form No. 137 statement and Form No. 137 Statement Statistic Report
• Form No. 137 statement submitted is not validated by the latest FVU version.
• CD/Pen Drive/ electronic media submitted contains virus.
• Form No. 137 statement cannot be filed prior to the completion of the relevant month of the financial year.
• Form No. 137 statement for the same periodicity (Form and Financial Year) has already been submitted.
• CD/Pen Drive/ electronic media submitted does not contain Form No. 137 statement

When an AO submits a valid Form No. 137, the TIN-FC will issue him a provisional receipt which will be proof of submission of valid Form No. 137 by the AO. However, the provisional receipt is merely a proof of acceptance of the Form No. 137 and it does not certify that the information in the Form No. 137 is authentic.

No. Fee is not charged for non-acceptance of an invalid Form No. 137.

If the Form No. 137 submitted by the AO is not accepted by the TIN-FC, then TIN-FC will issue a non-acceptance memo, which will specify the reason(s) for non-acceptance of the Form No. 137.