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TAX
INFORMATION NETWORK (TIN)
Income
Tax Department has set up a Tax Information Network (TIN)
as a repository of important tax related information. National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) hosts
TIN.
TIN
receives on behalf of the tax administration, all returns of tax deduction at
source (TDS) & other information for digitization into a central database.
TIN receives online information on collection of taxes from the banks through "Online Tax Accounting System" (OLTAS),
which also flows into the central database.
TIN
matches TDS returns from the deductors with the collection details from the
banks (through OLTAS). On the
basis of this matched data a PAN wise electronic ledger account is prepared
with the details of tax credits. This PAN ledger (called Form 26 AS) is made available to the
taxpayers so that they can verify whether the deductors have deposited the tax
in a timely fashion. The taxpayers also have the facility of accessing the TIN
system to ascertain tax payments made by them or deducted on their behalf
through Form 26AS.
The
digitized information is downloaded to the National Computer Center of the Income
Tax Department for further processing.
TIN has three key
sub-systems.
1.
Electronic Return Acceptance and Consolidation
System (ERACS) which consists of an
infrastructure for interface with the taxpayers. A nation wide network of TIN-Facilitation Centers (TIN-FC) and a
web-based utility for upload of electronic returns of TDS & Tax Collection
at Source (TCS) and Annual Information Return (AIR) to the central system of
TIN has been set up. Deductors can also the view the status of quarterly
statements filed by them through the Quarterly Statement Status.
2.
Online Tax Accounting System (OLTAS) for daily upload to
the central system the details of tax deposited in various tax collecting
branches across the country.
3.
Central PAN Ledger Generation System (CPLGS) which is the central
system that consolidates for each PAN:
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Details of TDS/TCS on its behalf which is obtained
by matching the TDS/TCS returns submitted by the deductors/collectors with the
tax deposit (challan) information from the banks;
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Details of the tax deposited (advance tax/self
assessment tax) directly by the taxpayer with the bank;
TIN helpdesk
Call Center: 020 2721 8080
Fax: 020 2721 8181
Email: tininfo@nsdl.co.in
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