This form serves as an annual summary of your taxes which includes details about cuts and payments in the entire financial year by the Income Tax Department. Let us tell you what Form 26AS is and how it can be seen and downloaded online.
What is Form 26AS?
Form 26AS is like a comprehensive report card for your taxes, it submits information on all tax scorecards provided by the Income Tax Department.
How to See and Download Form 26AS Online
Since Form 26AS is linked to your PAN number. In such a situation, you can watch or download it online at any time with the help of a PAN number and password on the website of income tax. Know the process of downloading.
- First, go to the Income Tax website https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/. Here you will get the option of login on the right side. Click on it.
- As user ID, you enter your PAN number or Aadhaar number, enter the password and click on Continue.
- After this, the option of E-File will be seen in the upper part of the page, in which you will see two options. First Income Tax Returns and second Income Tax Forms.
- On clicking on Income Tax Returns, you will see the option of View Form 26AS. After this, you will see the disclaimer, click on confirm.
- After this, you have to agree to see and use Form 16/16A on the Traces portal.
- If the page of Traces Portal is open in front of you, you will see the click View Tax Credit (Form 26AS) to view your form 26AS. Click on it.
- Here you will find an option to see and download the form. After downloading, you can easily save it.