The Income Tax Department on March 22 launched a Mobile app, namely, ‘AIS for Taxpayer’ to facilitate taxpayers to view their information as available in the Annual Information Statement (AIS) / Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS).

The app will be provided free of cost by the Income Tax Department, and is available on Google Play & App Store.

According to the official press release, the app is aimed to provide a comprehensive view of the AIS/TIS to the taxpayer which displays the information collected from various sources pertaining to the taxpayer.

Taxpayers can use the mobile app to view their information related to TDS/TCS, interest, dividends, share transactions, tax payments, Income Tax refunds, Other Information (GST Data, Foreign Remittances, etc.) as available in AIS/TIS.

The taxpayer also has the option and the facility to provide feedback on the information displayed in the app.

To access this mobile app, the taxpayer needs to register on the app by providing PAN number, authenticate with the OTP sent on mobile number & e-mail registered on the e-filing portal.

Subsequent to the authentication, the taxpayer can simply set a 4-digit PIN to access the mobile app.

"This is another initiative of the Income Tax Department in the area of providing enhanced taxpayer services facilitating ease of compliance," said the official press release by the Ministry of Finance.

There are already several users who have started using it but at the same time, the users are facing lot of technical issues and suggested to improve it.