How to view 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 e-
filing 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.
You can view your Form 26AS via net banking facility as well and that also for free.
However, it is must that your PAN number is linked with your bank account (the account in
which you use net banking). The facility is available for all such PAN holders you are
enjoying net banking facilities with specific banks authorised in this behalf. Following is the
list of banks which are registered with and authorised by NSDL (National Securities
Depository Limited) in this regard:

Axis Bank Limited

Bank of India

Bank of Maharashtra

Bank of Baroda

Citibank N.A.

Corporation Bank

City Union Bank Limited

ICICI Bank Limited

IDBI Bank Limited

Indian Overseas Bank

Indian Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

Karnataka Bank

Oriental Bank of Commerce

State Bank of India

State Bank of Mysore

State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Patiala

The Federal Bank Limited

The Saraswat Co-operative Bank Limited

UCO Bank

Union Bank of India

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