I need some guidance on an issue with Form 26QB (TDS on property purchase).
In a property deal, there were 2 buyers and 2 joint sellers. As per rules, we filed 4 Form 26QB challans (one for each buyer–seller pair). Each challan required the total property value (₹86 lakh) to be entered, and under "amount paid/credited" we entered the individual share (₹21.5 lakh each).
Unfortunately, one of the joint sellers passed away before the registration. Later, we corrected the PAN in TRACES to transfer that seller’s 2 challans into the surviving co-owner’s PAN. Now all 4 challans appear in the surviving seller’s name.
The problem: In AIS (Annual Information Statement), the surviving seller’s account is now showing 2 entries of ₹86 lakh (one for each buyer), making it look like she sold property worth ₹1.72 crore instead of the actual ₹86 lakh.
My question: Is this a system limitation of AIS (due to multiple buyers/sellers) or is there something we buyers did wrong while filing 26QB? And how should the seller handle this while filing her ITR?