Who is Assessing Officer, what is AO Code and how to find the jurisdiction under which I fall?

AO code denotes your area jurisdiction according to the Income-tax department.

Practically, the Income-tax department give codes to the areas in cities so that they can easily follow the range of particular Income-tax return of the assessee.

AO code is very important in e-filing. In case any return is not processed by CPC it gets transferred to Assessing Officer (AO).

An assessing officer is a person who has jurisdiction to make an assessment of an assessee.

To find your AO or to know under which jurisdiction you fall, please use this link: https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-Filing/Services/KnowYourJurisdictionLink.html