New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The draft document for the updated Income Tax rules 2025, set to come into effect from 1 April this year state changed numbers for Form 16 (TDS on salary) and Form 26AS (AIS), among others, CAs have highlighted in multiple reports.

According to a CNBC-TV18 report, the Income-Tax Act 2026, have been opened for stakeholder consultation, with chartered accountants noting that among other things, the forms have been renumbered. This includes Form 16 to Form 130, and Form 26AS to Form 168.

An official notification to this effect is awaited, it added, noting that no major procedural change is expected. It cited CA Mrinal Mehta, Joint Secretary of the Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society saying that the reporting formats...