2024-07-29 10:39:29
New Delhi: Only a few days are left to file Income Tax Return (ITR). 31st July is the last date. If you have not filed your ITR yet, then file it quickly. But do not be in such a hurry that any information is missed. Actually, while filing ITR, we have to give many types of information related to our income, expenses and investments. The government has information about wherever we earn income, wherever we spend and wherever we invest. This information is available in various types of forms like Form 16, Form 26AS and AIS (Annual Information Statement). These forms are available on the website of the Income Tax Department. One important form among these is AIS.
AIS contains information about your every transaction. In a way, it is an annual report of your every transaction. Before filing ITR, check your AIS and fill in the transaction information which is not in 26AS and is in AIS, while filing ITR so that you can avoid facing the notice of Income Tax Department in future. While information about salary income, tax payment and TDS etc. is already filled in 26AS, AIS contains information about dividend income and interest received from banks and post offices, capital gains from listed shares, share transactions, mutual fund transactions etc.
If you fail to file ITR, you will not only face a penalty but will also face several other losses
Where to download AIS
AIS can be downloaded from the Income Tax Department website. Know how to download AIS:
- Visit the official website of Income Tax Department incometax.gov.in.
- Here you will see Login and Register written on the top right side. If you are going to file ITR for the first time, then you will have to register first by clicking on Register. If you have filed ITR earlier, then you will have to login.
- Now you have to login by typing your PAN and password.
- AIS will be written on the blue bar above. Click on it.
- Now a box will appear. Click on Proceed. The AIS page will open in a new window.
- Click on Download AIS/TIS (FY 2023-24) written in the blue box on the right.
- A box will open where you will find 3 options. Click on the first option Annual Information Statement (AIS) – PDF and download the PDF of AIS.
- To open it, you will have to enter a password. This password will be your PAN date of birth. Suppose if your PAN is AAAAA1234A and your date of birth is 11 January 1990, then your password will be aaaaa1234a11011990.
Feedback option is given
It is not necessary that all the information given in AIS is correct. If you feel that any information in it is wrong, then you can also give feedback about it. The status of the feedback is also known. The status shows whether the feedback you have sent has reached the source that generated any of your wrong information in AIS or not.