
Form 26AS is a consolidated statement issued under Section 203AA of Income Tax Act and Rule 31AB of Income Tax rules to all PAN number holders. This provide following auto-populated details to tax payer based on various statements or returns filed by other persons or by assessee himself:-
Government is taking all the measures to collect information from counter parties, so that undisclosed incomes can be reduced to minimum. With this objective present form of 26AS has been replaced with “Annual Information Statement” which contains more auto-populated details about corresponding PAN.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified a new Form 26AS vide Notification No.30/2020 dated 28th May, 2020 through which Rule 31AB has been omitted and a new rule Rule 114-I has been inserted. Changes have become effective from 1 June 2020 replacing the earlier Form 26AS.
Form 26AS provides information for a particular financial year. The new Form 26AS seeks to provide following additional data:-
Presently, Form 26AS was disclosing Name, PAN and address of PAN Holder. However, revised Form 26AS will contain information following additional information also:
With an objective to reduce undisclosed income, Income tax act has created onus on various parties such as Banks, Stock brokers etc. to report specific financial transactions to IT department.
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Specified Financial transactions includes:
There are various other transactions for which reporting is required. Therefore, any person having such transactions need to make proper disclosure in IT Return.
Presently, information related to Income tax demand and refund are available after login into the Income tax portal under specific tab. However, now Form 26AS also contains details of Income tax demand and refund.
Earlier, information related to Income tax refund paid was available. Now, it is yet to check whether it shows details of refund due or not.
Information related to Income tax proceedings was available post login at Income Tax portal under specific tab. However, in new Form 26AS such information has been incorporated in Form 26AS itself.
そのため、PAN保有者に対する係属中の手続きに関する詳細は、Form 26ASに自動的に反映されます。
納税者は、所得税申告書(ITR)の内容がForm 26ASと一致していることを確認する必要があります。不一致がある場合、所得税当局からForm 26ASと所得税申告書に記載された所得額や源泉徴収税額(TDS)の相違について説明を求める通知が届く可能性があります。
従来のForm 26ASは、PANに関連する源泉徴収税(TDS)および徴収税(TCS)に関する情報のみを提供していました。しかし現在では、特定の金融取引の詳細など、追加情報も提供されるようになっています。
