The Finance Act, 2020, has omitted section 203AA which provided issuance of Form 26AS by the Income-tax department in respect of TDS with effect from 01-06-2020. Accordingly, a new section 285BB was introduced to provide that the prescribed Income-tax authority or any other person authorised in this behalf shall upload an Annual Information Statement in the registered account of the assessee containing informations of various financial transactions made by him during the year.
Now, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 285BB read with section 295, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has omitted Rule 31AB and a new Rule 114-I has been inserted to the Income-tax Rules, 1962 to provide that the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or any person authorised by him shall, upload such annual information statement in Form No. 26AS in the registered account of the assessee.
Such form shall consist of the following information:
i) Information relating to tax deducted or collected at source;
ii) Information relating to Specified Financial Transactions;
iii) Information relating to payment of taxes;
iv) Information relating to demand and refund;
v) Information relating to pending proceedings;
vi) Information relating to completed proceedings.
Further, the Board may also authorise the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director
General of Income-tax (Systems) or any person authorised by him to upload the information received from
any officer, authority or body performing any function under any law or the information received under an
agreement referred to in section 90 or section 90A of the Income-tax Act,1961 or the information received
from any other person to the extent as it may deem fit in the interest of the revenue in the annual
information statement referred to in sub-rule (1).
This Annual Information statement is required to be uploaded within 3 months from the end of the month in which the information is received by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or any person authorised by him.
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