How File your IT return - Salaried employees - Just 10 Steps

1. How to file the Income Tax return in India?

 

Income tax department made the procedure to file the Income tax return very easy and straight forward.  Please follow the following steps and you can file your Income tax return in 20-30 minutes.

 

If you don't have the PAN Card, apply for the PAN Card by filling up the following application form

 

How to Apply for a PAN Card

 

Application:

 

http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/Archive/Form49aE.PDF

 

If you already have the PAN Card and would like to change the details (like address / other details)

 

http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/Archive/ChangeForm.pdf

 

 

Both the forms can be submitted in the following locations:

 

http://www.utitsl.co.in/pan/search.php

http://www.tin-nsdl.com/TINFaciliCenter.asp

 

 

FILING the Income Tax Return:

 

 

Step 1: Register your PAN Card (Use the following URL for your PAN Card registration:

 

https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/register.do?screen=registerPage1

 

The procedure to register your pan card is very simple:

 

Step 2:  Login to your Income Tax account using your PAN Card

 

https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/login.do

 

 

Step 3:  Select appropriate type of Return Form

 

You need not worry as to which form has to be selected; the complete details are given in the link:

 

 

Which Form is Applicable?

 

 

 

For Individuals, HUF

S.No	For Þ	Individual	Individual, HUF
	Source of Income ß	ITR-1	ITR-2	ITR-3	ITR-4
1	Income from Salary/Pension	•	•	•	•
2	Income from Other Sources (only Interest Income or Family Pension)	•	•	•	•
3	Income/Loss from Other Sources		•	•	•
4	Income/Loss from House Property		•	•	•
5	Capital Gains/Loss on sale of investments/property		•	•	•
6	Partner in a Partnership Firm			•	•
7	Income from Proprietary Business/Profession				•

 

Step 4:  Fill your return offline and generate a XML file.

 

Download Return Preparation Software for selected Return Form.

 

Sl. No.	Form Name	Return Preparation Software	Remarks	System Requirements
1	ITR-1	Excel Utility(Version 1.0)	Updated on (24-June-2009)	MS Excel
2	ITR-2	Excel Utility(Version 1.0)	Updated on (24-June-2009)	MS Excel
3	ITR-3	Excel Utility(Version 1.0)	Updated on (24-June-2009)	MS Excel
4	ITR-4	Excel Utility (Version 1.0)	Updated on (24-June-2009)	MS Excel
8	ITR-5	Excel Utility (Version 1.0)	Updated on (23-June-2009)	MS Excel
9	ITR-6	Excel Utility (Version 1.0)	Updated on (23-June-2009)	MS Excel

I am struck how to fill the form:  Please follow the following instructions

 

Sl. No. Form Name Instructions Form Description 1 AY 2009-10 Income Tax Return Forms Notification AY 2009-10 Income Tax Return Forms Notification under Rule 12 2 ITR-1 (in Regular Font) ITR-1 Instructions For Individuals having Income from Salary & Interest ITR-1 (in Large Font) 3 ITR-2 ITR-2 Instructions For Individuals & HUFs not having Income Business or Profession from 4 ITR-3 ITR-3 Instructions For Individuals/HUFs being partners in firms and not carrying out business or profession under any proprietorship 5 ITR-4 ITR-4 Instructions For Individuals & HUFs having income from a proprietory business or profession 6 ITR-5 ITR-5 Instructions For firms, AOPs and BOIs 7 ITR-6 ITR-6 Instructions For Companies other than companies claiming exemption under section 11 8 ITR-7 ITR-7 Instructions For persons including companies required to furnish return under section 139(4A) or section 139(4B) or section 13(4C)  or section 139(4D). (Not available for e-Filing) 9 ITR-8 ITR-8 Instructions Return for Fringe Benefits 10 Acknowledgement   Acknowledgement

For salaried employees, you can just go through the Form 16 given by your employer and just fill the form going through your Form 16.  This is very simple and straight forward.

 

In the excel document you will have the following additional check facilities to check whether you are filling the form in the right way or not:

 

once you complete the excel form do the following steps:

           

                          This option will validates the data that has been entered

                           Once you are done, print the Form  

                       

 

                           Once you print your form, then you can click on Generate, this will

                           Create the XML document in the same location where you have

                           Saved your original excel document

Step 5: Login to your income tax account (See step 1) and click on relevant form on

            Left panel and select "Submit Return"

 

Step 6: Browse to select XML file and click on "Upload" button

 

Step 7: On successful upload acknowledgement details would be displayed. Click on

            "Print" to generate printout of acknowledgement/ITR-V Form.

 

Step 8: Incase the return is digitally signed, on generation of "Acknowledgement" the

Return Filing process gets completed. You may take a printout of the Acknowledgement for your record.

 

 

Step 9: Incase the return is not digitally signed, on successful uploading of e-Return, the ITR-V Form would be generated which needs to be printed by the tax payers. This is an acknowledgement cum verification form. The tax payer has to fill-up the verification part and verify the same. A duly verified ITR-V form should be mailed to "Income Tax Department – CPC, Post Bag No - 1, Electronic City Post Office, Bangalore - 560100, Karnataka, " BY ORDINARY POST ONLY within 30 days after the date of transmitting the data electronically.
ITR-V sent by Speedpost, Registered Post or Courier will not be accepted.
No Form ITR-V shall be received in any other office of the Income-tax Department or in any other manner. In case, Form ITR-V, is furnished after the above mentioned period, it will be deemed that the return in respect of which the Form ITR-V has been filed was never furnished and it shall be incumbent on the assessee to electronically re-transmit the data and follow it up by submitting the new Form ITR-V within thirty days. This completes the Return filing process for non-digitally signed Returns.

 

 

Step 10:  For any assistance in filing the ITR-V please contact the Public Relations

                Officer of the local Income Tax Office

 

Dear TaxPayers,

Please furnish the Form ITR-V to the Income Tax Department , CPC, Post Bag No - 1, Electronic City Post Office, Bangalore - 560100, Karnataka BY ORDINARY POST ONLY within thirty days after the date of transmitting the data electronically . ITR-V sent by Speedpost, Registered Post or Courier will not be accepted. No Form ITR-V shall be received in any other office of the Income-tax Department or in any other manner.

Income Tax Department

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