We all get confused sometimes while opening the PDF downloaded/received from various government sites. There are many documents in Income Tax and TDS, which require different type of Passwords to open the PDF downloaded/received from the respective sites. One person cannot remember all types of PDF passwords because the passwords are nearly same and contains a minor change, which makes it even more confusing.
Following is the table which shows various password formats to open a password protected files of Income Tax and TDS:
| Forms/ Documents | Password Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Form 16/16A | PAN number (Letters in Upper case) | AAAAA1010A |
| Form 16B | Date of Birth of Buyer (in DDMMYYYY) | 01012012 |
| Form 26AS | Date of Birth of Buyer (in DDMMYYYY) | 01012012 |
| ITR-V | PAN number (Letters in lowercase) and DOB (in DDMMYYYY) | aaaaa1010a01012012 |
| Intimation/ Order of Income Tax | PAN number (and DOB (in DDMMYYYY)- in lowercase | aaaaa1010a01012012 |
| To open TDS provisional receipt or acknowledgement | TAN number in lower case | aaaa11111a |
| For extracting TDS certificates ZIP file | TAN in upper case | ABCE12567E |