In this post we have listed passwords used to open various income tax files and e-Aadhaar.
In case you don’t get anything listed here, please contact us, to include that as well.
What is the password to open an e-PAN card?
The e-PAN card PDF is Password Protected.
The password to access the PAN card is your date of birth, which is to be entered in the format of ddmmyyyy.
What is the password for Form 16?
Form 16 is a certificate issued by the employer to the employee for deducting tax from salary. Form 16 is always password protected.
The password to open the Form 16 would be the first 5 characters of the PAN number in uppercase i.e. capital letters and Date of Birth of the employee in DDMMYYYY format.
That means if your PAN number is AAAPI0789Z and the date of birth is 1st April 1990, then your password for Form 16 would be AAAPI01041990.
Same password combination can be used to open Form 16A, which is the first 5 characters of the PAN number in uppercase i.e. capital letters and Date of Birth of the employee in DDMMYYYY format.
Here are some more password combinations can be used to open income tax files:
| Income tax files | Password combinations used to open the file | Example |
| To open Form 16B | Date of Birth of the BUYER (in DDMMYYYY format) | If your date of birth is 1st January 2011, then password should be:- 01012011 |
| To open Form 26AS | Date of Birth (in DDMMYYYY format) | If your date of birth is 1st January 2011, then password should be:- 01012011 |
| To open any Intimation/Order (Income Tax) | PAN NO. Along With Date of Birth in Lower Case | If your PAN is AAAA11111A and DOB is 08/08/1997, then password should be:- aaaa11111a08081997 |
| To open intimation received through Email | First Four Letters of TAN_Date of Filing of Regular Statement (DDMMYYYY) | If your TAN is AAAAP1547C and date of filing statement is 01/01/2011, then password should be:- AAAA_01012011 |
| For extracting TDS Consolidated file | TAN_request number | If your TAN is MUMR03066R and file request number is 1083, then password should be: MUMR03066R_1083 |
| For extracting TDS Certificates ZIP File | TAN In Upper Case | If your TAN is AAAA11111A, then password should be:- AAAA11111A |
Password to open Annual Information Statement (AIS)
The downloaded PDF will be password protected. To open the file, you will need to enter the combination of the PAN (in lowercase) and the date of birth in case of individual taxpayer or date of incorporation / formation for non-individual taxpayer in the format ddmmyyyy without any space. For example, if the PAN is AAAAA1234A and the date of birth is 21st January 1991 then your password will be aaaaa1234a21011991
What Is the Password of e-Aadhaar?
Combination of the first 4 letters of name in CAPITAL and the year of birth (YYYY) as password.
For Example:
Example 1
Name: SURESH KUMAR
Year of Birth: 1990
Password: SURE1990
Example 2
Name: SAI KUMAR
Year of Birth: 1990
Password: SAIK1990
Example 3
Name: P. KUMAR
Year of Birth: 1990
Password: P.KU1990
Example 4
Name: RIA
Year of Birth: 1990
Password: RIA1990
