Found a wrong entry in your Annual Information Statement (AIS)? Open the AIS on the income-tax e-filing portal, click the feedback option next to that transaction, pick the option that fits your case, and submit. Your feedback is sent to the reporting source for confirmation, and the AIS shows you both the reported value and your modified value. Do this before you file your ITR.
Short on time? Go straight to the step-by-step section below and flag each wrong line one at a time.
The Annual Information Statement is a complete view of the financial information the Income Tax Department holds about you for a financial year. It pulls in salary, interest, dividend, rent, securities and property deals, and SFT (Statement of Financial Transactions) data. Against every transaction you can record online feedback, and the AIS then shows both the reported value and your modified value.
These three are linked but do different jobs. Get the difference right before you dispute anything.
So you correct the AIS, and the corrected figure flows through the TIS into your pre-filled ITR. (Source: Income Tax Department, FAQs on AIS.)
The AIS feedback route is part of the department's information-and-verification framework, not a court process. Two official pieces frame it:
You are not “appealing” in the RTI or court sense. You are flagging that a reported figure is wrong so the source can confirm or correct it.
Submitting feedback does not silently change the record. From May 2024 the AIS shows the live status of what happens to your feedback. For each entry you can see:
The source (your bank, registrar, company or other reporting entity) can fully accept, partially accept, or reject your feedback. Confirmation is currently live for information from tax deductors/collectors and reporting entities. (Source: CBDT press release, 13 May 2024.)
Real-life example. Ramesh, a retired teacher in Pune, opened his AIS in June 2026 before filing for FY 2025-26. His fixed-deposit interest of around ₹84,000 appeared twice - once from the bank's TDS return and once under SFT - inflating his interest income by ₹84,000. He clicked the feedback option on the duplicate line, marked it as a duplicate already counted elsewhere, and noted the correct single figure. Days later the AIS showed the feedback “shared with source” and then the source response. His TIS derived value dropped back to the correct interest, and his pre-filled ITR matched his bank certificate. Total cost: nothing but 20 minutes online.
If you have flagged the entry but the wrong figure still drives a mismatch notice or an intimation, do not panic.
The AIS dispute is an online portal process, not an RTI. But if a reporting entity that is a public authority refuses to correct or explain a figure, you can ask it under the RTI Act, 2005. Use the AI RTI Drafter to frame a clean §6(1) request, the Timeline Tracker to count the 30-day reply clock, and the First Appeal Builder if the reply is missing or evasive. For voice-first filing try AwaazRTI, and check any reply you receive with the PIO Reply Checker.
For the full method of using information rights to fix a record, read The RTI Playbook.
An AIS mismatch is any difference between an entry in your Annual Information Statement and the real position - for example fixed-deposit interest counted twice, a dividend reported under the wrong amount, or a property sale that is not yours. You correct it by submitting online feedback against that transaction on the e-filing portal. The AIS then shows your modified value beside the reported value.
Log in to incometax.gov.in, open the AIS, click the wrong transaction, then click the feedback option in the Feedback column. On the Add Feedback screen pick the option that matches your situation, enter the correct figure or reason, and click Submit. You get an Acknowledgement Receipt plus email and SMS confirmation. Repeat for each wrong line separately.
From Assessment Year 2023-24, Form 26AS on TRACES shows only your TDS and TCS data. The AIS is wider - it adds interest, dividend, rent, securities and property transactions, and SFT data, and it is where you submit feedback. Check both, because a figure missing from 26AS may still appear in the AIS.
The Taxpayer Information Summary is a category-wise summary built from the AIS. It shows a processed value and a derived value. The derived value, calculated after your feedback, is used to pre-fill your return where applicable. So correcting the AIS flows through the TIS into your pre-filled ITR.
No. The reported value stays visible, and your modified value is shown beside it. Your feedback is sent to the reporting source - your bank, company or registrar - which can fully accept, partly accept, or reject it. Since May 2024 the AIS shows whether feedback was shared, the date shared, the date the source responded, and the source's response.
The Income Tax Department has not published a fixed deadline for source responses. The AIS shows the dates feedback was shared and the source responded, so you can track progress on screen. Submit your feedback well before you file your ITR so the source has time to act.
Respond through the e-filing portal and attach your AIS feedback acknowledgement plus proof of the correct figure. The department runs an e-Verification Scheme, 2021 campaign that flags AIS-vs-ITR mismatches by SMS and email, so address any alert rather than ignore it. If income was genuinely missed, file a revised or updated return within the limitation window.
No. AIS feedback is a built-in portal process, not an RTI. Use RTI only if a public-authority reporting source refuses to explain or correct a figure. In that case file a §6(1) request under the RTI Act, 2005 and escalate with a first appeal if needed.