Not your fault if employer did not deposit TDS

● My previous employer had deducted the TDS before giving the salary every month, but did not deposit it to the government. Will the tax department recover the amount from me?

- NEERAJ AGARWALA

―Deepak Jaiswal

The tax officer cannot recover the TDS amount from you, provided the tax was deducted from your income by your employer. Here's why: Section 205 of the Income Tax Act explicitly states that no demand for TDS can be made against the employee if the tax was deducted by the employer but not deposited.