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Answer: No TRACES issues reported in the last 24 hours, and it responded normally at our last check on 24 Oct 2026, 4:07 AM IST.
Our automated check runs from one or more locations and may miss in-app problems; reports come from users across India. We only call something "down" when users confirm it too. Here's how we check.
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About TRACES
TRACES, the TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System, is the Income Tax Department's portal for TDS and TCS. It is run by the Centralized Processing Cell (TDS) in Vaishali, Ghaziabad, and opens at traces.tdscpc.gov.in.
Employers and other deductors log in with their TAN to file and correct TDS statements and download TDS certificates such as Form 16. Taxpayers log in with their PAN to see the Annual Tax Statement (Form 26AS), apply for a lower or nil deduction certificate and download certificates for property and rent deals.
From Tax Year 2026-27 the portal works under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Work for 2025-26 and earlier years sits under the menu Compliance under Income-tax Act, 1961.
19-day history
We checked 19 times over the last 19 days — healthy on 19 days. It typically responds in about 0.2s.
Dashed line is its usual 0.2s, measured over the last 14 days. Gaps are days with no timing data.
If TRACES isn't working
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See if other TRACES users report it Many TRACES reports at once point to the portal. Wait and try again later in the day.
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Use the right User ID Deductors log in with their TAN, taxpayers with their PAN, and Pay and Account Offices with their AIN. Use the ID you registered with.
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Skip the 60-minute lock After five wrong passwords the account locks for 60 minutes. The OTP option on the lock message gets you back in sooner.
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Reset an expired password Passwords expire after 180 days. Forgot Password needs your User ID, the PAN or TAN allotment date, and OTPs on your registered mobile and email.
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Update the certificate utility If a big batch of TDS certificates will not generate, install the latest version of the TRACES utility and try again.
Other ways to access TRACES
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Open 26AS through e-Filing Log in to the Income Tax e-Filing portal and use View Form 26AS. It opens your Annual Tax Statement without a TRACES password.
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Log in through net banking TRACES also accepts a login through your bank's net banking. That route covers 26AS, provisional TDS certificates and checking a TDS certificate.
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Go to the older portal for past years For Tax Year 2025-26 and before, choose Compliance under Income-tax Act, 1961 after logging in.
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Verify without logging in You can check PAN status, a TDS certificate, or a notice or order through Verification Related Services on the TRACES homepage.
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Call the helpdesk For a locked account or a failed download, the TDSCPC numbers are on our TRACES helpline page.
Official channels during an outage: Website
Questions
Our TRACES card checks traces.tdscpc.gov.in and shows what other users report. When deductors across India report the same failure together, the problem is on the TDSCPC side. If reports are quiet, check your login, browser and network.
Check which service fails. The portal changed this year. From Tax Year 2026-27 it runs under the Income-tax Act, 2025, and the Income Tax Department adds features to it in stages, so a service you need may still sit on the older portal.
- Account locked after five wrong passwords: wait 60 minutes, or verify with the OTP option on the lock message to get in at once.
- Password expired: passwords last 180 days. Use Forgot Password with your User ID and the date your PAN or TAN was allotted, then the OTP on your registered mobile and email.
- Account deactivated: use Activate Account, upload the documents asked for and set a new password.
Inside the new portal. Log in, open Compliance under Income-tax Act, 1961 from the menu and click Proceed. That takes you to the old TRACES portal, where statements, corrections and downloads for Tax Year 2025-26 and earlier still live.
Your employer, as the deductor, downloads Form 16. It logs in with its TAN and picks the certificates under the Downloads menu. If you are an employee, ask your employer for it.
As a taxpayer, you can download the certificates for property, rent and similar deals yourself. These are now Form 132, which replaced Forms 16B, 16C, 16D and 16E.
Log in to TRACES with your PAN and open the Annual Tax Statement, the new name for Form 26AS. You can also reach it from the Income Tax e-Filing portal through the View Form 26AS link, or through your bank's net banking. Those two routes open only 26AS, TDS certificate checks and provisional certificates.
Homepage par Register As New User chunein. PAN, mobile number aur email chahiye. Verification Aadhaar OTP se (agar PAN-Aadhaar link hai), e-Filing approval se, ya TDS deposit ki details se hota hai. e-Filing wala request 7 din mein approve karna zaroori hai, warna wo apne aap cancel ho jata hai.
The TRACES helpdesk is 1800 103 0344, a toll-free line. The Ghaziabad number, email and timings are on our TRACES helpline page.
Yes. The download button on the status card saves a server down image with TRACES's status, the time of our last check, and how many users are reporting problems.
Need to contact TRACES? See the verified TRACES helpline and customer care numbers with support hours.
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