
On 28th May, 2020, vide Income Tax (11th Amendment) Rules, 2020, effective from 1st June, 2020, Income Tax department deleted Section 203AA of Income Tax Act read with Rule 31AB of Income Tax Rules, 1961 and inserted a new Rule 114-I to introduce amendment in Annual Information Statement in by revised form 26AS.
Section 203AA read with Rule 31AB of Income tax Act, 1961 requires the Director General of Income Tax or any other person authorised on his behalf to send details to every taxpayer in Form 26AS-Annual Information Statement. Form 26AS contains following details:
Therefore, Revised Form 26AS helps in prevention of tax evasion and also assists tax payers in disclosing complete details in Income Tax return.
Revised form 26AS contains more detailed information and help in better check over tax evasion.
The amended version of the Form 26AS highlights every transaction details above a certain limit that includes the credit card bills, Bank deposits and any other investments by the taxpayers.
The intention of bringing this new amendment in the Taxation system to generalise the information flow and transparency between the tax authorities and tax-payers.
The new revised Form 26AS will help the tax authorities to maintain the assesses profile and the transaction details for better tax filing with full confidentiality. It will help the taxpayers as well to regulate their overpayments or dual tax payments in the same financial year.
Rule 114-I, read with Section 258BB of Income Tax Act, requires the Principal Director of Income Tax (Systems) or Director General of Income Tax (System) to upload Annual Information Statement in form 26AS in every taxpayer’s account.
In addition to the information reported in original Form 26AS, revised Form 26AS requires reporting of following additional information
More updated information will help the department authority in better maintenance of data.
Income Tax act required specific persons, including financial institutions, to report certain information to department authorities. Transactions required to be reported are:
Department has notified various transactions to be reported as SFT in Rule 114E
Earlier information to demand was not available in form 26AS. However, the amended form 26AS contains information related to demand or refund related to the taxpayer.
26AS 表格中也提供了待处理程序的相关信息。因此,纳税人无法隐瞒与其程序有关的信息。
此 26AS 表格提供的信息并非仅是一年一次的事务。26AS 表格将在收到信息之月结束后的 3 个月内进行更新。