Filed Form 10E, 67, or 35 and lost track of it? How to view all your submitted statutory forms in one place

The Scenario

A reader writes in: in July 2025 they filed Form 10E to claim relief under section 89(1) on Rs 3,20,000 of salary arrears, the return for assessment year 2025-26 was processed, and now, in October 2026, a query has landed asking them to substantiate that relief. The acknowledgement number is lost, the PDF was never saved, and the chartered accountant who uploaded it has moved firms. Can the form be pulled back up?

The answer is yes. Every statutory form furnished on the current e-Filing portal is retrievable from a single screen, and this guide sets out the exact four-step path confirmed by the Income Tax Department's official "View Filed Forms" help page. The same screen covers all three of the forms readers most often lose track of: Form 10E (relief on arrears), Form 67 (credit for tax paid abroad) and Form 35 (a first appeal). Below, we map each form to the law that governs it, then walk through retrieval with a worked salary example for AY 2025-26.

This matters beyond tidiness. A missing Form 10E acknowledgement is the single most common reason a section 89(1) relief claim is questioned at processing, and a lost Form 35 reference can stall a first appeal that itself carries a 30-day clock under section 249(2) of the Income-tax Act 1961.

Statutory Answer

Statutory forms are not optional attachments; they are the legal instrument through which a specific relief, credit or right is exercised. Three in particular are filed independently of the return, which is exactly why they go missing. The table below pairs each with its governing provision.

Form 10E is mandatory before the relief is given: the portal will not allow a section 89(1) claim to pass at processing unless the Form 10E has already been furnished, a requirement rooted in Rule 21AA of the Income-tax Rules 1962. Form 67 must be furnished to claim a foreign tax credit; Rule 128 requires it on or before the end of the relevant assessment year, so for AY 2025-26 the practical outer limit is 31 March 2026. Form 35 opens the first appeal and must be filed within 30 days of the service of the notice of demand under section 249(2) of the Income-tax Act 1961.

Because these forms are filed and processed as standalone submissions, the portal stores them in a dedicated archive rather than inside the return record. The Income Tax Department's help documentation describes a single "View Filed Forms" page that lets a registered user view each form as a PDF, download the acknowledgement (receipt), view the uploaded JSON where applicable, track the status of each form, access other attachments submitted with it, and search by form name or form number.

Crucially, the archive now spans two statutes. With the Income-tax Act, 2025 coming into force, the View Filed Forms page separates submissions into three tabs: "Forms as per Income tax Act 2025", "Forms as per Income tax Act 1961" and "Forms as per Other Acts". A form you filed in 2023 sits under the 1961 tab; a form filed after the 2025 Act applies will appear under the 2025 tab. Forms filed by you and those filed by a CA on your behalf appear under separate tabs, each showing the submission date.

Worked Resolution

Here is the exact retrieval path, confirmed against the Income Tax Department's "View Filed Forms" help page. There are four navigation steps plus a download.

1. Log in to the e-Filing portal at incometax.gov.in with your user ID (PAN) and password.
2. On the Dashboard, select e-file, then Income Tax Forms, then View Filed Forms.
3. On the View Filed Forms page, use the Search button to find the form by name or number, and pick the tab matching the governing law: "Forms as per Income tax Act 2025", "Forms as per Income tax Act 1961" or "Forms as per Other Acts". A Filter option narrows results by form-specific criteria.
4. Select the form; its filing year is shown with a download option.
5. Click Download to obtain the form PDF, the receipt (acknowledgement) or the attached files, including the uploaded JSON where applicable.

Now the salary example that explains why the acknowledgement is worth retrieving. Take a salaried reader on the new tax regime with a gross salary of Rs 14,00,000 in FY 2025-26, who separately received Rs 3,20,000 of arrears relating to an earlier year and filed Form 10E to claim section 89(1) relief. Their ordinary FY 2025-26 liability, before any relief, computes as follows under the FY 2025-26 new-regime slabs.

The section 87A rebate is Rs 60,000 in the new regime for FY 2025-26, but only where taxable income does not exceed Rs 12,00,000; at Rs 13,25,000 this reader gets none, so the full Rs 81,900 stands. The point of Form 10E is that, without it, the Rs 3,20,000 arrears would be taxed entirely in FY 2025-26 at the reader's 15% marginal rate, adding roughly Rs 49,920 including cess. Spreading those arrears back under section 89(1) to the lower-income years they related to can cut that incremental tax sharply; the relief is the difference between the two computations. If the processing centre later disallows the relief because it cannot locate the Form 10E, the reader needs the downloaded acknowledgement to respond, and the View Filed Forms page is where it lives. You can model your own base liability on the income tax calculator and compare regimes on the old vs new regime calculator before deciding how arrears land.

The same retrieval discipline applies to a tax refund dispute built on a Form 67 foreign tax credit, or to an appeal lodged on Form 35: in both cases the status column on the View Filed Forms page tells you whether the submission was accepted, and the downloaded receipt is the evidence you cite in any follow-up.

FAQ

Where exactly do I find my filed forms on the portal?

Log in at incometax.gov.in, and from the Dashboard follow e-file, then Income Tax Forms, then View Filed Forms. This four-step path is the one set out in the Income Tax Department's official View Filed Forms help page, and it reaches every statutory form you have submitted, not just the current year's.

Can I download the acknowledgement for a form my CA filed on my behalf?

Yes. The View Filed Forms page shows forms filed by you and forms filed by a CA on your behalf under separate tabs, each with its submission date. Select the relevant form and click Download to obtain the receipt, so you are not dependent on the chartered accountant retaining a copy.

My form was filed under the old Income Tax Act 1961 - will it still show after the 2025 Act?

Yes. The page separates submissions into three tabs: "Forms as per Income tax Act 2025", "Forms as per Income tax Act 1961" and "Forms as per Other Acts". A Form 10E or Form 67 you filed in, say, 2023 remains under the Income tax Act 1961 tab; only forms filed once the 2025 Act applies appear under the 2025 tab.

How do I check whether a filed form was accepted or is still pending?

The View Filed Forms page lets you track the status of each form directly, alongside the filing year. Use the Search button to locate the form by name or number, then read the status shown before you assume a relief, such as the section 89(1) claim in our worked example, has been given effect.

Can I retrieve attachments and the JSON I uploaded with the form?

Yes. Beyond the form PDF and the acknowledgement, the page lets you view the uploaded JSON file where applicable and access other attachments submitted with the form. This is useful when a notice asks you to resubmit the supporting document you originally attached, for example a tax-paid certificate behind a Form 67 foreign tax credit.

I can see Form 10E but the relief was not given - what do I do?

First confirm the Form 10E was filed before the return claiming section 89(1) relief, as Rule 21AA requires; the submission date on the View Filed Forms page tells you this. If the sequencing was correct, download the acknowledgement and use it when responding to the processing query. You can quantify the disputed relief using the income tax calculator to show the two computations side by side.

Does this screen also show quarterly TDS statements and Form 26AS data?

No. View Filed Forms covers statutory forms you furnish, such as 10E, 67 and 35. Tax actually deducted and deposited against your PAN appears instead in your Form 26AS and the Annual Information Statement, which are separate records. Reconcile the two before filing any appeal on Form 35, because a mismatch there is often the real root of the dispute.