How to View / Download Form 26AS ?

Detailed step-by-step instructions for viewing and downloading Form 26AS via the Income Tax India e-Filing Portal, also through TRACES, and net banking. Also, it explains the importance of Form 26AS to have good tax compliance and file your returns correctly.

This document covers

1. What is Form 26AS ?
2. What information available in Form 26AS?
3. What are the ways to view or download the Form 26AS ?
4. Instructions to download Form 26AS from Income Tax e-Filing Portal
5. Instructions to view Form 26AS through Internet Banking
6. Instructions to View Form 26AS through TRACES portal

1. What is Form 26AS ?

Form26AS is an important tax document in India, that every tax payer need to refer at the time of Income Tax Filing, broadly contains the taxes that are paid on your PAN number.

2. What information available in Form 26AS?

Form 26AS contains the details of taxes paid and compliance information. Following are the major information accommodated in Form 26AS.

1. Tax deducted at source on Salary, Interest Income or Other Income
2. Tax Collected at Source by the Seller
3. Advance Tax Paid / Self-Assessment tax during the Financial Year (W.e.f AY 2023-24, this information is not available in Form 26AS.Taxpayer needs to refer AIS for the challan details)
4. Refund received during the year and other related information (W.e.f AY 2023-24, this information is not available in Form 26AS.Taxpayer needs to refer AIS for the refund details. Only TDS refund will be available in Form 26AS)
5. Details of SFT (Statement of Financial Transactions) like Cash Deposits in Current Account, other than current account, Sale or Purchase of Immovable Property, Sale or Purchase of Mutual Funds, Payment of Credit Cards, Purchase of Foreign Exchange Currency etc (W.e.f AY 2023-24, this information is not available in Form 26AS.Taxpayer needs to refer AIS for the SFT details)
6. Details of TDS Defaults (for the TAN holders)
7. Details of GST Turnover as per GSTR 3B (for GST registered dealers)etc (W.e.f AY 2023-24, this information is not available in Form 26AS.Taxpayer needs to refer AIS for the GST details)

3. What are the ways to view or download the Form 26AS ?

Various ways to view / download Form 26AS are as follows and a detailed step-by-step instructions below.

1. Through Income Tax India e-filing portal
2. Through Net Banking.
3. Through Traces Portal. Mostly needed for NRIs where the access to the portal is allowed in their country. Govt. of India not allowed to access the Form 26AS in certain countries due to security reasons. Use this option if you are outside of India (NRI).

Step 8:

The password for opening your form 26AS is your date of birth (DOB) in ddmmyyyy format. For example, if your DOB is 01-Jul-1974, enter the password as 01071974)

5. Instructions to view Form 26AS through Internet Banking

A tax payer who has internet banking access with a bank authorised by the Income Tax Department to show tax credit can use this facility.

1. A Tax payer can view his Form 26AS only if his PAN number is mapped to that bank account.
2. Login to internet banking and click on view Form 26AS or Tax Credit Report (wording varies from bank to bank).
3. This facility is available for Free of Cost.
4. List of Banks who are registered and authorised to provide such facility are as follows
   • Axis Bank Limited
   • Bank of Baroda
   • Bank of India
   • Bank of Maharashtra
   • Canara Bank
   • Central Bank of India
   • City Union Bank Limited
   • HDFC Bank Limited
   • ICICI Bank Limited
   • IDBI Bank Limited
   • Indian Bank
   • Indian Overseas Bank
   • IndusInd Bank
   • Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd
   • Karnataka Bank Limited
   • Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
   • Punjab And Sind Bank
   • Punjab National Bank
   • State Bank of India
   • The Federal Bank Limited
   • The Karur Vysya Bank Limited
   • UCO Bank
   • Union Bank of India
   • Yes Bank Limited
   • DCB Bank Ltd
   • Equitas Small Finance Bank
   • South Indian bank

Source: Latest List can be available @ https://contents.tdscpc.gov.in

6. Instructions to View Form 26AS through TRACES portal

1. Register on Traces Portal as Tax Payer
2. Login to https://contents.tdscpc.gov.in/ and Click on 'View / Verify Tax Credit' to View Form 26AS
3. Click on the link View Tax credit (Form 26AS) at the bottom of the page to view form 26AS
4. Select the Assessment year, format (HTML / pdf / text) in which you want to see your Form 26AS, enter verification code and click on view / download.
5. Form 26AS will be available in Downloads Section after some time