Income-tax Act, 1961
The prescribed income-tax authority or the person authorised by such authority referred to in sub-section (3) of section 200, shall, within the prescribed time after the end of each financial year beginning on or after the [1st day of April, 2008] prepare and deliver to every person from whose income the tax has been deducted or in respect of whose income the tax has been paid a statement in the prescribed form specifying the amount of tax deducted or paid and such other particulars as may be prescribed.]