ITR1 - Part 3 (How To Download 26AS)
ITR1 - Part 3 (How To Download 26AS)
ITR1 - Part 3 (How To Download 26AS)
Your Tax Credit Statement or Form 26AS is an important document for tax filing. Gone are the
days when one has to manually download Form 26AS for filing your IT Returns. Now, you can
directly import the Form 26AS information, while filing Income Tax Returns.
CBDT extending the timelines for certain direct tax compliances for AY 2021-22.
1. ITR Filing:
i. The due date for filing ITR by taxpayers not covered under audit is extended from 31st July
21 to 30th Sep 21,
• Part A1: Details of Tax Deducted at Source for Form 15G/Form 15H
• Part A2: Details of Tax Deducted at Source on sale of Immovable Property u/s194(IA) (For
seller of Property)
• Part B: Details of Tax Collected at Source
• Part C: Details of Tax Paid (Other than TDS or TCS)
• Part D: Details of Paid Refund
• Part E: Details of AIR Transaction
• Part F: Details of Tax Deducted on sale of immovable property u/s194IA (For Buyer of property)
• Part G: TDS Defaults* (processing of defaults)
Part A: Details of Tax Deducted at Source
Part A of Form 26AS contains details of TDS deducted on your salary, interest income, pension
income and prize winnings etc. TAN of the deductor and the amount of TDS deducted and
deposited are also mentioned. This information is provided on a quarterly basis.
Part A1: Details of Tax Deducted at Source for Form 15G/ Form 15H
Details of income where no TDS has been deducted is given since the taxpayer submitted Form
15G or Form 15H. You can verify the status of TDS deduction if you have submitted Form 15G or
Form 15H. If you have not submitted Form 15G or Form 15H, this section will display ‘No
transactions present’.
Part A2: Details of Tax Deducted at Source on sale of Immovable Property u/s194(IA) (For
seller of Property)
This is applicable if you have sold the property during the year and TDS was deducted from your
receipts. You will find the relevant entries here.
Part B has details of the tax collected at source (TCS) by the seller of goods. Entries are present
here if you are a seller and tax is collected by you
Part C:
Details of Tax Paid (Other than TDS or TCS)
If you have deposited any tax yourself, that information will appear here. Details of advance tax
as well as self-assessment tax are present here. It also contains details of the challan through
which the tax was deposited.
Part D:
Details of Paid Refund
Information regarding your refund, if any, will be present in this section. Assessment year to
which the refund pertains, along with mode of payment, amount paid and interest paid and also
the date of payment is mentioned.
Part E:
Details of AIR Transaction
Banks and other financial institutions must report high-value transactions to the tax authorities.
Mutual fund purchases of high value, property purchases, high-value corporate bonds are all
reported here.
Part F:
Details of Tax Deducted on Sale of Immovable Property u/s 194IA (For Buyer of Property)
If you have bought a property, you have to deduct TDS before making payment to the seller. This
section has details of TDS deducted & deposited by you.
Defaults relating to the processing of statements are mentioned here. They do not include
demands raised by assessing officer.
• You can view Form 26AS on TRACES portal and download it (see below for the step-by-step
guide on how to download Form 26AS). This income tax Form 26AS is linked with your PAN
• You can view Form 26AS from FY 2008-09 onwards – Via netbanking of your bank account.
The facility is available to a PAN holder having a net banking account with any authorized bank.
• You can View Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS), only if your PAN number is linked to that
particular account. This facility is available for free.
List of banks registered with NSDL for providing a view of Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS) are
as below:
• Axis Bank Limited
• Bank of India
• Bank of Maharashtra
• Bank of Baroda
• Citibank N.A.
• Corporation Bank
• City Union Bank Limited
• ICICI Bank Limited
• IDBI Bank Limited
• Indian Overseas Bank
• Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
• Indian Bank
• Karnataka Bank
• Oriental Bank of Commerce
• State Bank of India
• State Bank of Mysore
• State Bank of Travancore
• State Bank of Patiala
• The Federal Bank Limited
• The Saraswat Co-operative Bank Limited
• UCO Bank
• Union Bank of India
How to Download Form 26AS?
Form 26AS can be downloaded: On the TRACES website Or via Net Banking Facility of
authorized banks. Go to www.incometax.gov.in and login using your income tax department
login & password. If you don’t have an account, you’ll need to Register first (see the button on
top right).
• Enter your user ID- It can be either PAN or Aadhaar number or Other User ID. If the user ID is
invalid, error message will be displayed. Continue with valid user ID details.
• Other ways to access your account is through net banking.
Step 3
• Confirm secure access message by selecting the tick box below the message. The default
secure access message is set as “Login”. The default secure message is a proof genuineness
of the income tax website accessed. The taxpayer can make own personalised secure access
message from “Profile”.
• Enter password and continue.
Step 4
• The following screen will appear. Go to ‘e-file’. Click on ‘Income Tax Returns’ and select “View
Form 26AS” in the drop down.
• View Form 26AS
Step 5
• Click on ‘Confirm’ to the disclaimer so that you are redirected to the TRACES website. (Don’t
worry, this is a necessary step and is completely safe since it is a government website).
• TRACES Website
Step 6
• You are now on the TRACES (TDS-CPC) website. Select the box on the screen and click on
‘Proceed’.
• TRACES TDS-CPC Website
Step 7
• Click on the link at the bottom of the page – ‘Click View Tax Credit (Form 26AS) to view your
Form 26AS’.
• View Tax Credit Traces
Step 8
• Choose the Assessment Year and the format in which you want to see the Form 26AS. If you
want to see it online, leave the format as HTML. You can also choose to download as a PDF.
After you have made your choice, enter the ‘Verification Code’ and click on ‘View/Download’.
• TRACES Verification code
Step 9 (Final) After the download, you can view the form 26AS by opening it.
Note: Your User ID is your PAN number. If you don’t remember your password, you need to
Reset your password.
Go to ‘e-File’ menu, click ‘Income Tax Returns’ from the drop down and select ‘View Form 26AS’,
read the disclaimer and click on ‘confirm’ and the user will be redirected to TDS Portal, agree the
acceptance of usage and click on ‘proceed’. Click ‘ view tax credit’ (form 26AS). Select
assessment year and ‘view type’ as HTML. Click on view/ download. Form 26AS will open up on
the screen.