Plain-language guides to the Income Tax portal: ITR status and refunds, AIS, TIS and Form 26AS, notices and demands, and what to do about each.
Tax Notices · ITR Filing
Received a notice under section 139(9)? See the defects that trigger it, what happens if you miss the 15-day window, and how to agree or disagree and file the corrected return on e-Proceedings.
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Income-tax Act 2025
If you pay rent above ₹50,000 a month, you deduct 2% TDS once a year or at the end of the tenancy and pay it with Form 141, Schedule A. Steps, a worked example and due dates.
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Documents & Signatures
Resize and compress a scanned signature (or photo) to the KB limit an online application asks for. Steps, the 1 KB trap, and a file that comes out too small.
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Documents & Signatures
Draw, type or upload your signature and place it on a PDF from a phone or laptop. Plus when a picture signature is enough and when you need a digital signature.
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Income-tax Act 2025
Since 1 April 2026 a PAN application or change request needs a separate date of birth document. Which documents rule 158 accepts, which do not, and what to keep ready.
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EPF & PF
A job you never held shows in your UAN Service History. How the De-link button works since EPFO's 13 April 2026 circular, who approves it, when it is blocked, and what you lose.
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Documents & Signatures
A PDF over an upload limit? Trim pages, pick a level, or rebuild a scan as small images to get near 100 KB. Includes the income tax portal's 5 MB limit.
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Documents & Signatures
Submit a pensioner's life certificate from a phone with Aadhaar face authentication. The November 2026 campaign, the 80+ October window, steps and fixes.
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Income-tax Act 2025
Buying a flat or plot worth ₹50 lakh or more? Form 141 replaced Form 26QB. The 1% TDS rule, the steps on the portal, a worked example, and NRI sellers.
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EPF & PF
UAN activation and Direct UAN Allotment are no longer on the EPFO Member Portal. How to do both in UMANG with Aadhaar face authentication, and fixes.
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AIS & TIS · ITR Filing
Your payslip or Form 16 shows TDS, but Form 26AS or AIS does not. Check the cause, ask the deductor to correct the TDS statement, and file without losing credit.
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Documents & Signatures
Printing e-Aadhaar for a passport, bank or KYC? Check the signature first, print the original PDF so its QR code scans, and know what a printout can and can't prove.
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Documents & Signatures
What 'validity unknown', 'document modified' and 'signature invalid' mean on a DSC, eMudhra or Aadhaar eSign PDF, the usual cause of each, and how to fix or re-check it.
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Refund Tracking
Your income tax refund failed. Fix the cause first, then raise a refund reissue request on the e-Filing portal step by step, e-verify it and follow its status.
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Electoral Rolls
When each SIR phase 3 state publishes its final electoral roll, the official CEO links, and how to find your name, part and serial number once your roll is out.
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ITR Filing
Account locked after 5 wrong passwords, a reset OTP going to an old number, or an e-Filing Vault option you can't use: the official ways back into the income tax portal.
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EPF & PF
A status check on PF withdrawals by UPI and ATM as of 22 October 2026: what EPFO and the labour ministry have said, what works today, and what to ignore.
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Tax Planning
By 15 December 2026, 75% of your Tax Year 2026-27 advance tax should be paid. Who must pay, the interest for missing it, and which year to pick on the challan.
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Documents & Signatures
An ITR-V shows what someone declared and that they filed. Learn what it proves, the five checks a lender, landlord or employer can run, and the red flags to look for.
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Income-tax Act 2025
The Income-tax Rules, 2026 replaced the 1962 Rules on 1 April 2026. The new form numbers, salary limits, AIS, PF interest and TDS rules individuals deal with.
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Documents & Signatures
Why e-Aadhaar, Form 16 and other signed PDFs show 'Validity Unknown' with a yellow question mark, and how to verify the signature and get the green tick on a phone or computer.
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Income-tax Act 2025
From Tax Year 2026-27, CPC's intimation is issued under section 270(1) of the 2025 Act. What stays the same, what reads differently, and the dates that apply.
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Hiring & Verification
A dual employment or moonlighting check often flags two employers paying PF for the same month. How HR and candidates can tell real dual employment from a job-switch artefact, and fix the record.
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EPF & PF
Under the EPF Scheme 2026 you keep 25% as a minimum balance and can withdraw the rest after 12 months. The three categories, the limits, a worked example and auto-settlement.
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Documents & Signatures
How a signed PDF from UIDAI, an employer or a court is checked against India's CCA root, what the green tick proves, and the four things it can't tell you.
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EPF & PF
If you put more than ₹2.5 lakh a year into PF, including VPF, the interest on the excess is taxable every year. How it is worked out, a ₹ example, AIS and the ITR.
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Business & Audit
When a business or professional needs a tax audit under section 44AB for AY 2026-27: the ₹1 crore and ₹10 crore business limits and their cash conditions, the ₹50 lakh professional limit, the ₹2 crore / ₹3 crore 44AD and ₹50 lakh / ₹75 lakh 44ADA limits, and the 44AD five-year rule.
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Documents & Signatures
DigiLocker's Issued Documents count as originals under Rule 9A; scans you upload are only copies. How to tell them apart and get a document issued.
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Income-tax Act 2025
80C is now section 123, 80D is 126, 87A is 156 and 115BAC is 202. A table of deduction sections for Tax Year 2026-27, with the limits and new regime rules.
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ITR Filing
Uploaded your AY 2026-27 ITR but didn't e-verify in 30 days? See when the late date becomes your filing date, what it costs and when condonation helps.
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Refund Tracking
Your return shows Processed but the refund hasn't reached your bank. Check the intimation, the refund status, adjustments, failed credits and your PAN, in that order.
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Electoral Rolls
What ECINET is, which ECI apps it replaced, and what voters can do in it: roll search, Forms 6 and 8, e-EPIC download and Book-a-Call with your BLO.
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Income-tax Act 2025
A payment or grievance filed under the wrong year lands in the wrong year. Which year and Act to pick for advance tax, self-assessment tax, demands, e-Nivaran.
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Income-tax Act 2025
Form 130 replaces Form 16 for salary from 1 April 2026. Why June 2026 still brought Form 16, what Form 130's Parts A, B and C hold, and what to check in 2027.
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Electoral Rolls
Missing from the SIR draft roll, listed wrongly, or objecting to someone else's entry? Which of Form 6, 6A, 7 or 8 to file, the documents and the deadlines.
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AIS & TIS
Why the salary in AIS often differs from Form 16 for FY 2025-26, how to reconcile the two with payslips, which figure goes in your ITR, and how to fix whichever one is wrong.
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Tax Notices
Open the PDF, find the two columns, and trace any gap from income to taxes paid to the net figure. A worked AY 2026-27 example shows where a demand comes from.
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Income-tax Act 2025
Where 192, 194A, 194C, 194J and the rest went under the Income-tax Act, 2025: how sections 392 and 393 are laid out, and the official TDS section codes.
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Hiring & Verification
How HR teams can ask a candidate to share salary and income from their own AIS, TIS and filed returns with Greenflag, with consent: what you can request, how candidates share, what the figures mean, and their limits.
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Tax Notices
Which returns still get a section 139(9) notice, what changes under section 263(7) and Rule 166 from Tax Year 2026-27, and the four defect conditions now in the rules.
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EPF & PF
The EPF wage ceiling rose from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 on 17 September 2026. See whose PF deduction rises in the October 2026 payslip, by how much, and whose stays the same.
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ITR Filing
An updated return under section 139(8A) lets you report missed income up to 48 months after the end of the assessment year, for an additional tax of 25% to 70% under section 140B. See who can file, who cannot, and what it costs.
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ITR Filing
AY 2026-27 ITR due dates by taxpayer type: 31 July for salaried, 31 August for non-audit business and freelancers, 21 November 2026 for audit cases.
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ITR Filing
Missed the ITR due date or found a mistake? AY 2026-27 belated returns close 31 Dec 2026, revised returns 31 Mar 2027 (fee after 31 Dec) and ITR-U runs to 2031.
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Income-tax Act 2025
From 1 April 2026, Form 121 replaces Forms 15G and 15H. Who can file it, the two conditions for under-60s, worked ₹ examples, and what to do if TDS was cut.
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ITR Filing
Two employers in one year each give you the ₹75,000 standard deduction and the 87A rebate. A worked example of the tax gap, interest under 234B and 234C, and how to file.
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Documents & Signatures
Checking an Aadhaar someone gave you: when to verify the PDF's digital signature, when to scan the Secure QR, and when to ask for a live QR from the new Aadhaar app.
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Refund Tracking
The five ITR statuses the e-Filing portal uses, from pending e-verification to case transferred to Assessing Officer, what each means and the next step for each.
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EPF & PF
Withdrawing PF before five years of continuous service is usually taxable. What is taxed and under which head, the exceptions, TDS, and a worked ₹ example for 2026-27.
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Tax Planning
What Budget 2026 changed for individuals: same slabs, ITR-3/4 due 31 August, revised returns to 31 March, lower TCS on study abroad, buybacks and F&O.
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AIS & TIS
The SFT codes and Rule 114E thresholds behind the entries in your AIS: cash deposits, credit card payments, fixed deposits, mutual funds, shares and property. What each code means, who reports it, and what to keep ready if the department asks.
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Tax Planning
The Income-tax Rules, 2026 add four 50% HRA cities (old regime only), raise meal and gift limits and revalue company cars. Old vs new figures with ₹ examples.
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Refund Tracking
Your ITR status says the case was transferred to the Assessing Officer. What that means, whether it is scrutiny, what happens to your refund, and how to follow it up with the AO.
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AIS & TIS
Which AIS feedback option fits which mistake: six cases with ₹ figures for FY 2025-26, what each does to the value that pre-fills your ITR, and the cases feedback can't fix.
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AIS & TIS
Partner TDS under section 194T, 1% TCS on luxury goods over ₹10 lakh, refund interest and higher TDS thresholds: what's new in your FY 2025-26 AIS and how to file it.
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Income-tax Act 2025
143(1) is now 270(1), 154 is 287, 244A is 437 and 234B is 424. A table of notice, interest and refund sections under the 2025 Act, and which year uses which.
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EPF & PF
Under the Employees' Pension Scheme 2026, the EPS withdrawal benefit comes 36 months after your last contribution. How the wait works, the payout maths and the scheme certificate option.
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Hiring & Verification
A background check asks for your Income Tax portal or UAN password. Why not to hand it over, which documents prove the same thing, and what to do if you already shared it.
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Tax Notices · ITR Filing
Paid your tax but still got a 143(1) demand? Don't pay again. Find the challan in Form 26AS, then fix it with a section 154 rectification or a revised return, and respond on the portal.
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Income-tax Act 2025
The investment proof declaration you give your employer has a new number for Tax Year 2026-27. What to submit, by regime, with an HRA example and a checklist.
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Hiring & Verification
How to verify a salary slip: payslips, bank statements, Form 16, Form 26AS and AIS ranked by how easily they can be altered, with the checks that catch an edited copy.
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Tax Notices
CPC wants to change your return before processing it. How to read each variance, when to agree or disagree, the portal steps, and what happens after 30 days.
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Practice Management
How to follow a parent's or spouse's return and refund: the pre-login ITR status check, sharing contact details, when an authorised representative is allowed, and consent.
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Tax Notices
The demand screen now offers two answers: agree, or disagree in full or part. What each does, how to split a partly wrong demand, and what ignoring it costs.
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Electoral Rolls
How SIR links you to your state's last intensive-revision roll, how to search it, who counts as a relative, and which documents to keep ready if a notice comes.
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AIS & TIS
An AIS entry that overstates your interest, repeats a sale or belongs to someone else can feed straight into your pre-filled ITR. Which of the AIS feedback options to pick, where to click on the portal, and what changes in TIS afterwards.
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Tax Notices
A wrong year or minor head on a challan can keep a demand open after you paid. What the portal's Challan Correction service fixes and its 7 and 30 day limits.
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Electoral Rolls
SIR capped polling stations at 1,200 electors and re-serialised the rolls. Why your part and serial number moved, and how to find the new ones by EPIC.
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Refund Tracking
What issued, partly adjusted, fully adjusted and failed refund statuses mean on the e-Filing portal, and why Protean's refund page shows nothing for recent years.
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Income-tax Act 2025
Which rectification section applies to your intimation: section 154 for AY 2026-27 and earlier, section 287 from Tax Year 2026-27. Time limits and portal steps.
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EPF & PF
Why people end up with two UANs, how to move an old PF balance into your current UAN, and how to trace a pre-UAN or inoperative PF account using EPFO's own channels.
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Refund Tracking
Your AY 2026-27 return says Successfully e-Verified but not processed. See the official 4-5 week guide, the legal time limit, the backlog in early September and what to check.
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Tax Notices
An intimation under section 143(1), a scrutiny notice under section 143(2) and a reassessment notice under section 148 carry very different weight. See what each one means, the time limits that apply, and what to do on the portal.
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Hiring & Verification
How salary verification works in an Indian background check: the documents and records employers use to confirm past salary, why it rarely matches CTC, and what candidates can decline to share.
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AIS & TIS
Is Form 168 the new Form 26AS or the new AIS? The law treats them as one annual information statement. What section 510 says and what to download for each year.
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Refund Tracking
An SMS says your ITR refund is on hold under the risk management process. What it means, how it differs from a notice, and when to revise, give AIS feedback or wait.
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Refund Tracking
What each pre-validation failure on the income tax portal means, from PAN-bank linkage to name mismatch and closed accounts, and the exact steps to re-validate and get your refund.
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Refund Tracking
How 0.5% a month refund interest is counted under section 244A for AY 2026-27 and section 437 from Tax Year 2026-27, with worked ₹ examples and the 10% rule.
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EPF & PF
When EPFO moves your old PF balance on its own, when you still file an online transfer claim (Form 13), and how to check that the money and service actually moved.
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EPF & PF
The EPF Scheme 2026 took over from the 1952 scheme in June 2026. See what changed for withdrawals, final settlement, EPS, nominations and claims, and what to do now.
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Hiring & Verification
A UAN employment history check lists each PF employer, joining and exit dates and monthly contributions. What it tells a new employer, what it can't show, and how to check yours first.
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Tax Planning
Slabs for both regimes for AY 2026-27 (FY 2025-26), how the ₹60,000 rebate u/s 87A makes salary up to ₹12.75 lakh tax-free, worked break-even figures by salary, and when you need Form 10-IEA to choose the old regime.
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Tax Planning
FAST-DS 2026 lets small taxpayers declare unreported foreign assets by 31 Dec 2026: a ₹1 lakh fee for assets from taxed income, or 60% for untaxed money.
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Tax Notices
CPC wants to set off your refund against an old tax demand under section 245. How to check the demand, respond before the adjustment, and get money back if it was wrong.
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Tax Notices
Which e-Nivaran department and category to pick for a stuck refund, wrong demand, pending rectification or TDS mismatch, which Act to choose, and how to write the grievance.
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Income-tax Act 2025
The Income-tax Act, 2025 started on 1 April 2026, but returns and notices for AY 2026-27 and earlier stay under the 1961 Act. See which law covers what.
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Tax Notices
An SMS or email about AIS mismatches, 80G or 80GGC donations or foreign assets is a NUDGE, not a notice. How to check it, when to revise or update the return, and when to do nothing.
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Hiring & Verification
The DPDP Rules, 2025 phase in over 18 months. What HR teams handling candidate and employee data must do now, from 13 November 2026 and from May 2027.
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Documents & Signatures
Check a Form 16 or Form 130 three ways: the TRACES certificate number in Part A, the TDS in Form 26AS or AIS, and the PDF's digital signature if it was signed with a DSC.
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Practice Management
What a CA or tax consultant needs to check for every client PAN after filing: e-verification, defective notices, 143(1) intimations, demands and refunds, with portal paths, deadlines and a tracker layout that stays current.
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Tax Notices
Rectification fixes CPC's errors in an issued intimation; a revised return replaces yours. What each can change, AY 2026-27 limits, and when to file both.
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Refund Tracking
A PAN not linked with Aadhaar is inoperative: no refund, no refund interest, TDS at a higher rate. What it costs in ₹, how to pay the ₹1,000 fee and link, and what happens after.
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Documents & Signatures
Image tools can produce a convincing Aadhaar or PAN card. How to check one properly: the UIDAI QR scan, the e-Aadhaar PDF signature and the PAN status check.
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EPF & PF
Most PF claims are rejected for a fixable reason: a profile mismatch, the bank account, a missing exit date or an eligibility rule. How to read the reason and fix each.
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EPF & PF
EPFO began crediting 8.25% interest for 2025-26 in July 2026. If your passbook still shows none, here is why, how to check the amount yourself and what to do.
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AIS & TIS
TIS shows a value processed by the system and a value accepted by you or confirmed by the source. What each means, which one pre-fills your ITR, and a worked ₹ example.
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Refund Tracking
Check your ITR refund on the e-Filing portal, read each status message, and fix the usual causes of a stuck refund: an unvalidated bank account, a mismatch with AIS, or an old demand.
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AIS & TIS
Form 26AS lists your TDS and TCS credits, AIS lists each transaction reported against your PAN, and TIS totals AIS by category for ITR pre-fill. What each one holds, where to find it on the portal, and which to trust when they differ.
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