Know Your Income Tax Ward, Circle, Jurisdictional Assessing Officer

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in

While filing your Income Tax Return (ITR), you come across a column where you need to fill the Ward/Circle under which your return gets processed. Though it is very easy to find out this information, not knowing how to find it could waste a lot of your time. However, please note that it is not mandatory for you to fill this info while filing your ITR. If you leave it blank, the system will automatically route it to the assessing officer on the basis of your PAN details.

So, here is the link to land on the page of the income tax department where you can easily find your ward/circle just by entering your PAN number – Link

Know Your Income Tax Ward / Circle / Jurisdictional Assessing Officer

Know your PANAssessing Officer of this ward/circle will take care of your ITR and he/she has the authority to scrutinize your tax return in detail, issue notice(s) if any further info regarding your ITR is required and issue refund/demand notice wherever applicable.

Download Form 26AS

E-filing Video

Pay Self-Assessment Tax Online

Filing ITR – FY 2015-16 – ITR 1 (Sahaj), ITR 2, Form 26AS, Jurisdictional Ward

5 thoughts on “Know Your Income Tax Ward, Circle, Jurisdictional Assessing Officer”

  1. RESPECTED SIR my name is aloysius rajesh I lost my pan card and my PAN card number is;AHSPA4910C i apply for duplicate card at 30/ 12/ 2016 and my application number is 721730088 till now i didnt receive my pan card so please arrange me and oblidge sir

  2. Respected Sir,
    greetings from adarsh sarvodaya vikash sansthan
    Sir my organisation permanent address is Adarsh nagar Majhouliya lane no-03 post – khabra Dist – Muzaffarpur Bihar its area come under muzaffapur(Bihar) . but due to some technical mistake its area shows in muzaffarnagar (Utarpadesh) in place of muzaffarpur(Bihar) .how can its changes muzaffarnagar to muzafffarpur kindly help me .
    Yours
    Sarita kumari
    8809040190

  3. Respected Sir,
    greetings from adarsh sarvodaya vikash sansthan
    Sir my organisation permanent address is Adarsh nagar Majhouliya lane no-03 post – khabra Dist – Muzaffarpur Bihar its area come under muzaffapur(Bihar) . but due to some technical mistake its area shows in muzaffarnagar (Utarpadesh) in place of muzaffarpur(Bihar) .how can its changes muzaffarnagar to muzafffarpur kindly help me .
    Yours
    Sarita kumari

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