Salary essentials · 2 min read

Need your Form 16? Start with your employer.

Know who issues it, what to check and what to do when you changed jobs.

Educational guide · Updated 19 September 2026 · FY 2025–26 / AY 2026–27

The quick answer

Ask your employer’s payroll or HR team for Form 16 for the relevant financial year. It is a salary TDS certificate, not a document this website can issue.

Check before you file

Confirm your name, PAN and the financial year on the certificate.
If you changed employers, collect the relevant salary records from each.
Reconcile salary and TDS with your own records and the tax portal.

If a certificate is missing

Ask payroll for a salary and tax-deduction statement. Keep payslips and bank credits ready; a missing certificate does not remove the need to report income correctly.

Sources & further reading

Income Tax Department — Documents for ITR filing

General educational information, not an individual tax opinion. Facts and filing-year rules determine your treatment; confirm current requirements before acting.

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