If you’re filing your income tax returns on your own, an essential piece of data that you would need is the Assessing Officer’s Ward/Circle number. Thankfully, this information has been made publicly available by the Income Tax Department of India at Know Your Assessing Officer (use Internet Explorer to open this page).
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- Tip Tuesdays: Why You Should File Your Income Tax Returns Every Year?
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- Tip Tuesdays: Investing Just to Avoid Paying Income Tax is a Really Bad Idea
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Hi,
I am a regular follower of your blog. I filed my returns myself this year and this is the first time I’m filing my returns. In the above link for finding the AO Ward , we cannot click on the state.
It’s better to go to the below link and find the assessing officer ward:
I tried posting the link using HTML tag but didn’t work
Here’s the link:
https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/common.do?screen=jurisdiction
thanks dude
Thanks Anil.
@Anil,
Using IE I was able to open it. Anyways I am a week late in reading this. I had to do it through a CA
Hi,
What if I have a PAN card taken from a different state and currently working at another state?
Will the assessing officer still be the same?