ITR Filing 2026: Your AIS is Wrong Now What?

ITR Filing 2026: Your AIS is Wrong Now What?

Introduction

As AIS (Annual Information Statement) & TIS (Taxpayer information statement) plays very important role while filling your Income tax return as mismatch with these two will definitely leads to system generated notices & mismatch intimations which can have unnecessary legal consequences & compliance burdens.

However, there are some cases where the AIS & TIS might be wrong as the authorities derives data from TDS (Tax deducted at source) TCS (Tax collected at source) & SFT (Significant Financial transactions) which can have chances of errors while reporting by respective assessee.

So, what to do in such scenarios lets decode it

AIS vs TIS: Know the Difference

Particulars	AIS (Annual Information Statement)	TIS (Taxpayer Information Summary)
What it shows	Every individual transaction each FD, each MF redemption, each property deal	Category-wise totals after removing duplicates
Purpose	Review & raise feedback on wrong entries	This number goes into your ITR pre-fill
Action point	Correct errors here first	Verify this matches your actual income

Why Is My AIS Showing Wrong Figures?

So, generally there are rare cases where these reporting mistakes are happened & what can be the root causes or which one are common mistakes in reportings?

Sr. No	Root Cause	What You See in AIS	Common Example
1	Duplicate Reporting	Amount is exactly double	FD interest ₹40K shown as ₹80K bank reported via SFT + TDS return both
2	Joint Account/Co-ownership	Full amount shown but your share is less	Wife’s AIS shows full ₹70L property sale actually 50:50 with husband
3	Wrong PAN by Deductor	Transaction you don’t recognise at all	A stranger’s cash deposit or property appearing in your AIS or any unknown income due to wrong PAN in reported TDS entries
4	Wrong Year	Old transaction reappearing	MF redemption from FY 2024-25 showing in FY 2025-26 AIS
5	Wrong Nature/Category	Category is wrong, amount may be right	Loan repayment received shown as income or Commission income reported as business receipts
6	Wrong Amount by Reporter	Clearly incorrect figure	Tenant filed TDS return with ₹2,40,000 instead of ₹24,000 rent

Which Feedback you should Select: Quick Reference

If you find any transaction which not relates to you or having error in such transaction then the only option you have is to provide the feedback upon such transaction through AIS.

But what feedback you should give?

Feedback Option	Use When	Example
Information is correct	AIS is accurate just confirm it	You earned ₹18K interest, AIS shows ₹18K
Information is not fully correct	Amount or detail is partially wrong	Joint FD your share is ₹30K not ₹60K
Information is duplicate	Same transaction appears twice	FD interest doubled via SFT + TDS both
Information relates to other PAN	Transaction is not yours at all	Someone else’s property appearing under your PAN
Information relates to other year	Transaction belongs to a different FY	FY 2024-25 MF redemption in FY 2025-26 AIS
Information is denied	Transaction never happened at all	Cash deposit you never made possible PAN fraud

How to Submit Feedback?

Step	Action
1	Login → Annual Information Statement (AIS)
2	Select FY 2025-26 → Open the relevant income category (e.g., Interest from Deposits)
3	Click the feedback icon next to the incorrect entry
4	Select the correct feedback type from the dropdown (as discussed earlier)
5	Enter the correct amount (if feedback is ‘not fully correct’) and add update
6	Submit → Check TIS tab figures should update within minutes to a day after verification
7	Verify updated TIS matches your actual income → Then file ITR

Pre-Filing AIS Checklist

Sr. No	Task	Verify / Note
1	Download AIS + TIS + Form 26AS	For FY 2025-26 from IT Portal
2	Check for duplicate entries	Interest/dividend appearing twice?
3	Verify interest income	Match with bank statements/FD & Interest certificates
4	Verify MF transactions	Match with Broker Statements
5	Verify property entries	Correct value as per sale deed + your share if joint
6	Check for unrecognised transactions	Flag immediately could be PAN error
7	Submit feedback for all errors	At least 5–7 days before filing