ITR Filing: How Can a Taxpayer Identify and Fix Errors in Form 16 and Form 26AS
28 June 2025Shriya Mishra
ITR Filing: How Can a Taxpayer Identify and Fix Errors in Form 16 and Form 26AS
Employers issue Form 16 to their employees as a tax document. It is used as a certificate of tax deducted at source (TDS) over the employee’s salary payment. This crucial form holds details of the earned income, TDS deduction, and other deductions which are permitted under the Income Tax Act.
Taxpayers often get confused between Form 16 and Form 26AS, as Form 26AS also provides crucial information about deducted tax or tax collected or deposited to the government tax agencies by the authorized collector or deductor.
Read the full article to know the differences between Form 16 and Form 26AS, and also learn to rectify the errors.