The Income Tax Department has released a new mobile app for the convenience of taxpayers. Its name is AIS App (AIS). In this, information about every transaction done by the income tax payers throughout the year will be available.
With its help, it will be easier to file Income Tax Return (ITR). Information on 46 types of transactions including total annual income, investment, total expenditure, TDS, tax payment or dues and refunds will be available on the app.
To provide relief to taxpayers, the department had introduced Annual Information Report (AIS) last year. Under this, 46 types of transactions done by the taxpayer are included in this report. In this, the taxpayer gets additional information related to the transaction. Like- how much interest has he earned in the last financial year, how much amount he has got from dividend. Apart from this, there is complete information about mutual funds, money sent abroad etc.
Help is available in income tax return
AIS usage is beneficial while filing income tax returns. The taxpayer gets a complete idea of the tax liability and any kind of mistake can be avoided while filing the return.
Download app like this
- First of all go to Google Play Store and type AIS for Taxpayers in the search option.
- Install it. Then open the app. Enter your PAN number and date of birth to login.
- After this, enter the mobile number and email-address linked to the PAN number.
- OTP will come on your mobile and email. Enter both.
- After that create mobile security pin. Without this the app will not open.
- Now login to the app by entering the PIN. Your details will open.
- Then click on the AIS link. The details of the last three financial years will open here.
- Click on the details of this year you want.
Reports can also be taken from the website
Apart from this, ASI information can also be obtained by logging on to the Income Tax Department’s website (www.incometax.gov.in).
What is ASI
The Annual Information Statement (ASI) contains the complete details of the transactions done during the financial year of income tax. It is very useful in filing returns. It contains additional information about each transaction.
These key informations include
Annual Income. Rent Received, Bank Balance, Cash Deposited, Cash Withdrawn, Credit and Debit Card Transactions, Dividend, Interest Earned on Savings Account, Purchase of Shares and Mutual Funds, Foreign Travel, Purchase of Property And so on.
Many anomalies in 68 thousand cases
Recently, the Income Tax Department had told that during the year 2019-20, about 68 thousand such cases have been found, many discrepancies have been found between the income tax returns and the information available with the department. The department has detected these anomalies with the help of Annual Information Report (AIS).
The department informed such taxpayers through e-campaign through email, SMS or through tax portal and people have updated the information through e-verification. However, still about 33 thousand taxpayers have not replied. The department is preparing to take action on them.
