What is your Income Tax Jurisdiction?

How to check your Income Tax Jurisdiction?

Know your income tax jurisdiction is quite easy.

1. You need to visit the efiling Income Tax portal.
2. On the left side of the home page there is a 'Services' tab.
3. Under the Services tab you will find 'Know your jurisdictional A.O.' Click on that.
4. You will be redirected to a page where you need to input your PAN and the Captcha code.
5. Once you submit the details, your jurisdictional details will be displayed on the screen.

What do your Jurisdiction details mean?

The jurisdictional details displayed on the screen can be confusing. The details will show your name, middle name and surname first. Let us try to understand the other components:

1. Area code: This indicates the area which your jurisdiction is located in. For example, KAR means Karnataka.
2. AO Type: This indicates the type of Assessing Officer (AO). If it says AO Type C, it means you fall under a 'Circle', and AO Type W means 'Ward'. Usually, if your income is Rs. 10 lakh or more, you fall under Circle.
3. Range Code: The range code indicates the Income Tax Range that you come under.
4. AO Number: This number stands for the Assessing Officer who is assigned to the particular ward(s) you belong to.
5. Jurisdiction: The ward under which your PAN comes, corresponding to the municipality/town panchayat/municipal corporation ward numbers, is the jurisdiction that you can take your tax disputes to.

The jurisdiction details will also give you the building name of the Assessing Officer and the email id. If there are tax disputes that need to be resolved in person, these details will allow you to contact the right officer in the correct location.