The document provides step-by-step instructions for submitting online correction requests and making corrections to PAN and challan details through the TRACES portal. Key steps include logging in, selecting the correction request option, entering details of the statement to correct, editing invalid or valid PAN details, editing matched or unmatched challan details, viewing a summary of changes, digitally signing and submitting the correction request for processing. Help icons are available at each step to provide additional guidance.

1. e-Tutorial
Online Correction
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2. Login to TRACES
Click on help ion
next to each field
for more details
For more details
on any screen,
click on Help icon
Enter userid
and password
Enter TAN /
PAN
Enter the text as
displayed in
Verification Code
•
For first time login to TRACES, migrated user from TIN must enter the User Id and Password for
their TAN Account in TIN
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3. Landing Page
Landing page will
be displayed
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4. Online Correction Request Flow
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5. Online Correction Request Flow
Click on Help icon
for help text for this
screen
Under ‘Defaults’
select ‘Request for
Correcton’

6. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request
Note : Digital signature is mandatory to register on TRACES for raising online
correction on TRACES

7. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request(contd.)
Enter : Financial Year, Quarter and Form
Type, correction category and latest token
number
click on ‘Submit Request’
to raise the request

8. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request(contd.)
Error Message appears in
case of entering incorrect
search criteria

9. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request(contd.)
Error Message appears in
case of duplicate request
raised

10. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request(contd.)
Error Message appears in
case of no statement has
been submitted

11. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request(contd.)
Error Message appears in
case of entering invalid
token number

12. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request(contd.)
click on ‘Submit Request’
to raise the request
Enter correct : Financial Year, Quarter and
Form Type, correction category and latest
token number
• Request can be submitted only if there is a regular statement filled and processed.
• All previous corrections for this statement have been processed.

13. Online Correction Request Flow – Submit Correction Request
Request number
received
Click here to track correction
request or navigate ‘ Track
Correction Request ‘ under ‘
Defaults’ menu

14. Correction Request Flow – View submitted request
Enter Request number or
Request raised period and
click on ‘View Request’
Click on ‘View All’ to
view all request s raised
Under ‘Defaults’
select ‘ Track
Correction Request’

15. Correction Request Flow – View submitted request(contd.)
View all request placed by himself
and sub user under him in case of
admin. View all requests placed by
him in case of sub user

16. Correction Request Flow – View submitted request
View all status
definitions

17. Correction Request Flow – Assign Sub- User
View request
number
Click this user in order to
reassign the request to another
sub user under the logged in
admin

18. Correction Request Flow – Assign Sub- User (contd.)
Click here to assign the request
to another sub user under the
logged in admin

19. Correction Request Flow – Proceed Correction
Once click on ‘Available’ user will
navigate to File Correction page and
do PAN or Challan corrections

20. PAN Error Correction
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21. File : PAN Correction
Click on Help icon
for help text for this
screen
Select ‘PAN correction’ from ‘ Type of
Correction’ drop down and proceeds
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22. File : PAN Correction – Invalid PAN
Click on ‘Invalid PAN’ to
view the list of invalid
PAN in the statement
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23. File : PAN Correction – Invalid PAN(contd.)
Click on deductee row
Enter correct PAN and
click elsewhere on the
screen
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24. File : PAN Correction – Invalid PAN
Click on “View Challan
Detail” to view the
respective challan
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25. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN(contd.)
Select ‘ Valid PAN’ tab to
view list of valid PAN in the
statement
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26. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN(contd.)
System will not accept if
edited PAN is not in PAN
master
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27. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN(contd.)
Click on deductee row
Enter correct PAN and
click elsewhere on the
screen
Edited PAN saved
For Valid PANs, deductee rows for which valid to valid PAN correction has been done will
be locked
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28. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN(contd.)
Click on “View Challan
Detail” to view the
respective challan
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29. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN(contd.)
Click on “List Edited rows”
to view the list of edited
rows
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30. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN(contd.)
View PAN error detail
and close the pop up
Detail in overlay will be
non- editable
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31. File : PAN Correction – Valid PAN
Enter PAN and click on
‘Show Details ‘ to get
details of the entered PAN
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32. Challan Correction
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33. Challan Correction
Click on Help icon
for help text for this
screen
Select ‘Challan Correction from ‘ Type
of Correction’ drop down and
proceeds
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34. Challan Correction – Matched Challan
Select a tab ‘List of
Matched Challans
Select a row and
click on ”Edit
matched Challan
Details”
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35. Challan Correction – Matched Challan(contd.)
Select a row and
click on ”Edit
matched Challan
Details”
Edit fields in the
overlay and click
on ‘Save’
Matched Challans cannot be tagged
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36. Challan Correction – Matched Challan(contd.)
Select a row and
click on ”Reset
matched Challan
Details”
Edited row is
highlighted
”
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37. Challan Correction – Matched Challan(contd.)
Click on ‘OK’
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38. Challan Correction – Matched Challan(contd.)
User can reset value in the
challan. This will replace
edited values with values
from the latest statement
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39. Challan Correction – Unmatched Challan
Select here to
view ‘list of
Unmatched
challan’
Row select and click on ‘Edit UnMatched
Challan’ to edit the unmatched challan
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40. Challan Correction – Unmatched Challan(contd.)
Choose to tag a
challan / BIN to the
statement
”
User can edit fields in
the overlay without
tagging the challan and
click on ‘Save’ as well
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41. Challan Correction – Unmatched Challan(contd.)
Select the challan
details
Click here to tag the
selected challan
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42. Challan Correction – Unmatched Challan(contd.)
Edit the details and
Click on ‘Save’
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43. Challan Correction – Unmatched
Edited row is
highlighted
”
Click on ‘submit correction statement’
to submit the change made in the
default and navigate to ‘Action
Summary’
User can view submitted correction statement by selecting ‘View Statement Status’
under ‘Defaults’ menu
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44. Action Summary
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45. Action Summary
View Edited Details
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46. Action Summary (contd.)
View the list of
unmatched challans
”
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47. Action Summary (contd.)
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48. Action Summary (contd.)
Click on ‘Confirm ‘to
make it Ready For
Submission
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49. Action Summary
Click here to view ‘Correction
Ready for Submission or or
navigate ‘ ‘Correction Ready for
Submission ‘ under ‘ Defaults’
menu
Sub-user cannot submit the correction from ‘ Correction Ready for Submission’
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50. Correction Ready for Submission
Under ‘Defaults’ select
option ‘Correction Ready for
Submission’
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51. Correction Ready for Submission(contd.)
View
Statement
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52. Action Summary (contd.)
Click on Submit
For Processing,
then Web Signer
Applet window
will open
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53. Action Summary (contd.)
Click on
‘Sign’
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54. Action Summary (contd.)
Error message will pop up indicating PAN
validation mismatch if user selects
incorrect digital signature certificate PFX
file ( not associated with the same PAN)
and will not be allowed to proceed.
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55. Action Summary (contd.)
Enter ‘Password’
which was set at
the time of
installing the
certificate
Click on
‘OK’
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56. Action Summary (contd.)
Click on Help icon
for help text for this
screen
Message showing that
correction statement is
successfully submitted
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