How to check your Income Tax Ward/Range/Circle/AO code Online

Hi friends........Difficult to Locate your Income Tax Ward/ Range/ Circle/ AO code...?? well let me help you to know it online.

Firstly Lets see what is Income Tax Ward/ Range/ Circle/ AO code...?  How and where it is used...???

What is Income Tax Ward/ Range/ Circle/ AO code...?

Can you imagine and count in number how many are paying tax every year..? Actually no....right...? There are more than 3 crore Tax payers in India...To assess these tax payers the Income Tax Department designated few officers to specific areas. These Officers spread over different areas in India and each officer is designated a specified area and a specified category of Taxpayers only. These specified Tax payers fall in the Jurisdiction of that specified officer. 

So the Income Tax Ward/ Range/ Circle/ AO Code is the number that has been assigned to the Income Tax Assessing Officer who would be monitoring your Income Tax Return and in case of any discrepancy, they also have the powers to scrutinize your tax returns and demand for extra payment of taxes if any and if there is any refund that should also be approved by Income Tax officer himself.

Where it is Used......???

These details are to be furnished while......
  • Filing IT returns.
  • Applying for New PAN card.
When filing IT returns we usually come across small space where you are asked to mention your IT ward/ Circle/ Range/ AO Code. While filing Individual returns its not that mandatory to mention but while filing for companies or Firms we should mention. 

Procedure to Locate Income Tax Ward/ Circle/ Range /AO Code

If you are not aware of Income Tax Ward /circle just click on the below link to know it Online


So that you will be redirected to Income Tax website. Which appears as below....

As shown in the Picture click on Know your Jurisdictional AO . so that a screen will be opened which looks as below......










Enter the PAN and Code...so that you can know your Jurisdictional AO. 


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