3 Ways to View Tax Credit (Form 26AS)

View your Form 26AS (Taxes paid) at ITR e-Filing website

You can now view your Form 26AS (Taxes paid) at ITR e-Filing website, without any additional login. To view the tax statement, Assessees can now login in to www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in with their login, and click on “My Accounts” -> “View Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS)”. Here, you should select the “assessment year”, confirm your “date of birth” , format of the file (PDF/HTML) and proceed. It will open the website page of PAN ledger account. In order to open the file generated one should feed the date of birth in ddmmyy format to open the file.

What is Form 26AS?

Form 26AS is an Annual Tax Statement regularly updated by Income Tax Department. This allows the tax payer to verify credits of Taxes paid i.e. TDS, Advance Tax and Self Assessment Taxin Form 26AS.

Who should verify Form 26AS?

When we deposit some amount into our Bank Account, we verify whether it has reflected properly in our account, or not. In a similar fashion, it is the right of every Tax Payer to verify the Taxes paid under his account (PAN) to the Department.

With the process of Form 26AS, department recommends each and every tax payer to verify their Tax credits. Missing this information, they should contact their deductor to get proper credit, as specified in their TDS certificate. In case of Advance Tax / Self Assessment Tax issues, it can be either intimated to remitted bank or NSDL.

3 Ways to View Tax Credit (Form 26AS)

Scope of Form 26AS

Department had processed such tax statements over email, wherever email ID is available. This played a prominent role for assessees in determining their proper tax paid details. Providing accurate tax paid (including TDS) details in income tax return, ensures faster processing of returns. This in turn results in faster closure of assessment and also settling refunds wherever applicable.

The scope of Form 26AS is widened to a great extent. Tax payer can now View your Form 26AS either with his Registered Login at NSDL website, or at You can view your Form 26AS from your Online Banking Accounts (few of the banks) or You can view your Form 26AS at Income Tax Website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in .

Verify your tax credit today! We also recommend you to file your I-T returns electronically.

(Republished With Amendments)