How To View And Download Form 26AS

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How To View And Download Form 26AS? Viewing & downloading your Form 26AS is completely free and a very easy process. You can view your detailed Tax Credit Statement or Form 26AS. You can either view your form 26AS by logging into your income tax e-filing profile on the Income Tax Department’s efiling portal and then visiting the TRACES portal. Form 26AS is directly linked with your PAN number and the TRACES portal offers you free service to view all of your Form 26AS since FY 2008-09 digitally with the help of your PAN number and net banking account. Only one condition to The details procedure for how to view and download your FORM 26AS is explained below in easy terms: Method 1: Visiting TRACES Portal Step 1: Open https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and login to income tax e-filing profile. However, if you are not already a registered user, then you will have to register yourself first for e-filing. If you are already registered, go to the login page and enter your User ID (Pan Number), password and the captcha code displayed on the screen. Step 2: Once you’ve successfully logged into your profile, click ‘My Account’ tab on the top blue bar and select ‘View Form 26AS’ in the drop-down list. A dialogue box will ask you to confirm your action. Click ‘Confirm’. Step 3: After clicking confirm, you will be redirected to the TRACES web portal (TRACES means TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System). Do not worry as TRACES if official sub-entity of the department and this process of re-direction are mandatory. TRACES is the website where you can view and download your Form 26AS. As soon as the page loads completely, another dialogue box will appear asking you to agree to the terms and conditions of the TRACES portal. Check on the checkbox and click ‘Proceed’. Step 4: Now go to the bottom of the page on which you are re-directed and click on ‘View Tax Credit (Form 26AS)”. Step 5: Another webpage will load where you will be asked to enter various details. Now input relevant details here including assessment year and the format in which you want to see your form (HTML, Text or PDF). Enter the captcha code displayed to verify human authentication and click view or download. Step 6: If you had selected HTML format, then your details will be available on the screen only. However, if you have selected Text or PDF, then notepad or a pdf file will download respectively. The file contains your FORM 26AS. However, it is a password-protected file. To open the document you have to enter a password which is your DOB in DD/MM/YYYY format (without any slash or space or dash). Congratulations! You have successfully downloaded and viewed your Form 26AS Income Tax credit Statement. Method 2: Viewing your Form 26AS Income Tax credit Statement using net banking.


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