With
the advent of online tax filing it is much easier task to file your returns.
But sometime there may be situations where you need to interact with income tax
department to clarify their doubts or to raise the issues related to your tax
filing. At that time you must first know about your tax ward and circle or
about your assessing officer.
Income tax department made
your life easy in finding the tax ward or circle of your PAN Card. But before proceeding
further let us understand what do you mean by tax ward and circle and who is
assessing officer.
Assessing Officer-He is the
authorized person who make assessment of your
return filed and if some
clarification need then he will issue notice to you requesting for more data.
Hence to assess each individual’s tax return, Income Tax Department set up
different offices across India
Designation of such officers
may vary based on volume of income, nature of trade assigned by board. It may
be like Income Tax Officer, Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Joint
Commissioner or Additional Commissioner.
Such individual offices of Assessing Officer is allotted a unique number
to identify. This number is called Income Tax Ward/Range No./AO Code. They have
the powers to scrutinize your returns and if possible request for additional
information. Your income tax refund will also be approved by these AOs only.
By going by above
information, you noticed that how much important for you to know about your AO
or tax ward and circle. Below is the procedure to find the same.
1) Visit the link https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/.
Screen will be as below.
You
need to enter your PAN number and enter the Catpcha Code then press
on tab “Submit”.
2) Next you will view the
below image which mentions PAN holder name, Area Code, AO Type, Range Code, AO
Number, Jurisdiction and building.
