Form 26AS is statement of Income tax deducted by your employers, Banks , other financial institutions. Form 26AS also shows details of Advance tax and Self Assessment Tax paid against by you against your PAN. This form can be viewed online by entering your PAN No.
Form 26AS is a consolidated tax statement and contain details of tax deposited or credited in following heads:
1 Part A: Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) : Displays details of tax which has been deducted at source (TDS) by each person (deductor) who made a specified kind of payment to you. Details of the deductor (name & TAN) along with details of tax deducted like section under which deduction was made (e.g. section 192 for salary), date on which payment was effected, amount paid/credited, tax deducted from payments and deposited in the bank are included in this part.
2 Part B: Tax Collected at source (TCS) : This is amount of tax that seller of specified goods have deducted tax while selling goods to you. Details similar to those displayed in Part A in respect of the seller and the tax collected will also be available.
3. Part B Other Payment: Details of income tax directly paid by you (like advance tax, self assessment tax) and details of the challan through which you have deposited this tax in the bank.
4. Details of Refund : It reflects the refund credited in your bank account, also shows for which assessment year this tax is refunded.
5 Annual Information Report (AIR): Contain details of high value transaction done by individual as reported in Annual Information Report
Also Visit How to verify PAN
Benefit and purpose of form 26AS
With the help of form 26AS, every Tax payer can keep track record of :
- Actual tax deposited by his employer / Banks/ Financial Instituions and whether the same has actually been deposited with the Income tax Authority.
- Check whether self assessment tax and advance tax you have deposited is correctly reflected against your PAN.
- Refund issued for any Assessment Year.
Note: You should always view form 26AS before filing your Income tax Return. This will help you reconcile whether the TDS as shown in your form 16 or form 16A is tallying with form 26AS.
Recommended Read: How to Deposit Self Assessment Tax Online
What to do in case of Variation in tax amount as shown in Form 26 AS and form 16?
Contact your employer: In case, the tax amount does not tally between your form 26 AS and form 16 / Form 16A, then you need to to contact your employer/or bank / or contractor who has deducted and deposited tax.
Revised TDS Return: Please wait till your employer files revised TDS return and is correctly reflected in your form 26AS. Otherwise, there may be demand from income tax department for shortfall on tax deposited.
Possible reason for mismatch in form 26 AS and form 16/ form 16A?
Mismatch between your form 16 / form 16 A and form 26AS could be due to following reason:
- PAN no is not updated in his record
- Your employer / Bank by mistake has deposited tax in wrong PAN number.
- He has not filed his quaterly TDS return.
How to view Form 26AS Online ?
There are three ways that you can view your form 26AS.
Option 1: Income Tax Website
Option 2: Online Bank Account
Option 3: TIN Website
Option A: Download form 26AS from Income Tax Website follow simple steps:
- Go to this website : https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/
- Register your PAN Card and password (search for REGISTER)
- Once you are registered , go to Login page (Search for LOGIN)
- Go to “My Account” section (at the top) and sub section – “View Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS)”
- Choose assessment year , date of birth and click SUBMIT
- It will ask you for confirmation to redirect to NSDL website to view your form 26AS
- Click on the bottom button which says “View Form 26AS“
- You can now see your Form 26AS
Option 2: Online Bank Account
All banks offer facility to view your Income Tax credit statement form 26AS. Just login in your bank account using your user id and password and there is link to “view your form 26AS”. Just click on it and you can view your form 26AS.
Option 3: TIN Website
Comments
12 responses to “26AS helps in checking Income tax deducted and tax deposited against your pan”
How can I know my employer PAN and TAN NUMBER ?
Employer PAN no is visible on for 16 issued by it.
Hi, thanks!
I have been issued form-16 for my online work. However they have issued it for every quarter.
My 26AS form matches with the form16, but how do I claim my refund?
I guess ITR-4 is for paying income tax and not claiming refund. Please help me with this.
Thanks,
Meena
If you are getting salary income please file ITR-1 and claim your income tax refund.
Hi,
Thanks for the response, but I made a typo, It is actually form-16A and has been issued for every quarter,
And it is not a salary. It is based on volume of work done, invoice is generated and payment is made. My refund would come to a few thousand rupees
And also I need to know the last dates for filing, Since the form 16A is issued in quarters does the filing also need to be done in quarters
Please use ITR 4 for filling income tax return. We can also assist in filing income tax return. visit the page for more tax filing packages.
who can view my form 26as other than me and my employer???
Apart from your empployer, form 26as can viewed by income tax department. IT can be viewed only by person with whom you have saved efilling site password.
sir i could not get refundable money financial year 2004 -2005 this is 3925 =00 i submited my tax (16 form,2D form) to incom tax office almora uttarakhand sir i m govt employ in uttarakhand govt since 2003 i have send them many times the copy of 16 form 2D form ,salery slip of month feb 2005 in this slip 3925 =00 amount is showing deducted. in this time i hv all the documents. what can i do can i use rti on this issue please suggest me .can i get this money or not? 09627046601 please send me message or email
Subhash, Sending form 16 and 2D to your income tax office will not get you income tax refund. You will have to file income tax return to claim income tax refund.
I am having bank fixed deposit and they deducted tds from interest paid. while trying to view Form 26AS from incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in it took me to TRACES web site. This site asking me to register as NRI because I am using internet from USA as I am in USA for vacation and I am not NRI. how can I view Form 26AS from USA.
Sir, You can ask any relative here in India to download your form 26AS and send it to you.
Alternatively you can use website like http://www.tunnelbear.com/, they change your IP address and it appears to servers that you are logging from India server.