From assessment year 2013-14, E-filing has been made compulsory for the person who is an individual or a Hindu undivided family (HUF), if his or its total income, or the total income in respect of which he is or it is assessable under the act during the previous year, exceeds Rs. 5 lakh rupees for the assessment year 2013-14 onwards. It clearly states total income and not taxable income.
Please read below to know how you can file income tax return online yourself.
Calculate Income tax
You can calculate your income tax payable using the income tax calculator provided at this page: Income tax calculator. Income tax return excel utility also computes income tax, but they only take taxable income as input.
Also make sure that you also see whether the advance tax has been paid on time (See row 101-104 in tax calculator). In case you have paid the full tax but not paid on time as per the advance tax schedule, you are liable to pay interest under section 234 C. Income tax return excel utility also computes interest penalty u/s 234C.
Pay your tax online
Whatever pending amount you need to pay can be paid online on this link: Pay Taxes Online (Use only Internet explorer for this).
Select challan type as CHALLAN NO. /ITNS 280 and continue.
Select (0021) INCOME-TAX (OTHER THAN COMPANIES) in tax applicable field and
Select (300) SELF ASSESSMENT TAX in type of payment.
Select bank through which you want to pay.
Make sure to add interest penalty as computed by income tax return excel form u/s 234A, 234B and 234C in case of tax payments after due date.
You also pay through your net banking login on Axis Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, State Bank of Patiala, Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, State Bank of Mysore, Bank of Maharashtra, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Saurashtra, Union Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, Dena Bank, Syndicate Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Canara Bank, Indian Bank, Bank of India, Corporation Bank, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Indore, Vijaya Bank and HDFC Bank.
You can check online if your money has actually reached the I-T Department. For this you have to go to Tax Information Network Website and click the box CIN Based View. Provide details as per the receipt generated while online tax payment.
Fill Income tax return form
Download respective income tax form from income tax website. Income tax department has modified the return preparation software to include automatic calculation of tax and interest.
Income from Salary/Pension, interest and single house property ( but with exempt income is less than Rs. 5,000) : ITR-1
Income from more than one house property, capital gains, salaries, pension, interest and exempt income more than Rs 5,000: ITR-2
Income from partnership in a firm: ITR-3
Income from business/profession: ITR-4
Income from Presumptive Business: ITR-4S
Exempt income here includes transport/conveyance allowance, HRA exemption, agricultural income, insurance maturity amount, LTA, Gratuity, Interest on PPF balance, Leave Encashment, Income from Mutual Funds, Dividends and long term capital gains.
Fill up the form with information provided in Form-16 and the tax calculated in income tax calculator above in Step 1.
If you don’t know Assessing Officer (Ward / Circle), Find it here by submitting your PAN.
After filling up the form, Generate tax return XML from the income tax form by clicking Generate button on first sheet of excels form.
e-File income tax return
After you have created a XML file from income tax return excel form, Go to Income Tax e-Filing Website.
Create your login on this page on website. It’s not mandatory, to use a digital signature for electronically filing the return.
a) Filing return without digital signature:
Login to income tax site and click on assessment year under submit return menu on left side of page.
Upload the generated XML on this page for 2012-13 assessment year.
On successful upload acknowledgment details would be displayed.
Take printout of acknowledgment/ITR-V Form. You may also download it later. Login and go to link on top right My account > My Returns.
Form ITR-V has to be submitted with the Income tax Department as verification of the electronic filing of the return within 120 days after the date of e-Filing.
Form ITR-V is bar-coded, so it need not to be folded and to be mailed in a A4 size envelope BY ORDINARY or SPEED POST ONLY to “Income Tax Department – CPC, Post Box No – 1, Electronic City Post Office, Bengaluru – 560100, Karnataka” within 120 days after the date of e-filing of return. ITR-V sent by 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. Please keep a copy of the same with you also. After some day of posting the ITR-V, you can check status of receipt by going into account ‘My Account’ -> ‘E-filing Process Status’.
From year 2012-13, even if a person does not have digital signature, he can file online and even does not need to send ITR-V copy to Bangalore CPC (Central processing centre) address.
An electronic signature would be generated online in income tax efiling website after providing certain information from previous year’s income tax return. On validation of such information, unique PIN would be provided to person on email/SMS. This PIN can be used to file income tax return online without needing digital signature. This will also make sure no further hard copy needs to be sent to department.
b) Filing return with digital signature:
In case you don’t have digital signature and you want to buy that, you can buy class 2 or class 3. You can buy digital signature on e-Mudhra website . Class 2 individual certificate is available for Rs. 285 for 1 year validity.
In case return is filed with digital signature, user may take a printout of the Acknowledgment for his record. The tax-payer is not required to submit the Form ITR-V with the Income-tax Department.
Income tax department call center:
To assist taxpayers, a limited call center service has been established at ITD-CPC, Bangalore. Taxpayer queries on status of ITR-V receipt at CPC, Bangalore will be answered on 080-43456700 between 9:30 AM to 6 PM. The service will be available in English, Hindi and Kannada.
One may also call on 1800-425-2229 (Toll free) or 080-43456700 for status of receipt of ITR-V at CPC, Processing status of e-filed returns, Refund issues and any other information related to processing of returns at CPC. The working hours of CPC Call center have been extended to 9AM-8PM on all working days.
I hope this article will help many of us and make tax filing Simple & Easy. So please this year Do-It-Yourself.
Feel free to comment/suggest anything that I may have missed.
Note : No hard copy of any kind of proof needs to be submitted along with Income tax return.
Hi Pankaj,
Thanks a lot. Great guidance for IT stuff.
I have missed out to file my last years(FY 2008-09) returns. As a salaried, my employer has paid my whole tax.
Can I file it now online? Pls guide me to do the same.
@Deepak
You may try filing it online as per steps provided on the article. http://www.pankajbatra.com/india/file-income-tax-return-online-yourself/
Thanks Pankaj, I will do that.
yes u can now file ur it
return file for the year 2010-11 on itr-1 of tds
refundof excess deduction of income tax under PAN NO.ACCGP6082 k amounting to Rs 6077/- (six thousend &seventy seven )only return file for the ass.year 2010-11
Excess deduction of income tax made in the month 3/2010 for which may be refunded against PAN NO ACGPP6082K amounting to Rs.6077/-(Six thousend seventy seven)only
Dear Sir,
I am a working professional in Bangalore, I am filing ITR for last 4 years. But this July’10, I am moving abroad to pursue higher studies. During that period I will not be employed any where.
I may stay abroad at least 5 years or more, so do I need to file any ITR here? What is it I have to do before leaving for abroad? Please suggest me.
Thanks
Saiful Khan
@SaifulKhan
You should file income tax return for this year before leaving for abroad.
In future, If you are in abroad, and you won’t be having any income in india under taxable range, then you need not to file income tax return here in coming years.
I did a mistake when i filed the ITR FORM 4 for getting TDS. so I want to refiling as revised for the assessment year 2008-09. according to the form 16A there is 6 months they detuct the TDS. but according to the FORM26AS 4 months details only it shown.Because of first 2 months my deductor paid for me as a pan applied .remaining 4 months they paid tax for my pan number. Now i can not contact with my deductor due to some problem. shall i re-file for whole 6 months or 4 months? and also ITR FORM4 is very difficult to fill up. if you have any instructions or sample application
Please suggest me.
@Vivek
Please consult any tax professional or CA regarding same as its a complex case.
Hi Pankaj
I hv received E-Receipt for the IT Return, 2009 in an email from IT dept.
Is this E-Receipt is sufficient proof that I have filed my income tax return ?
@Sachin
Yes, you can use this email E-Receipt as a proof of income tax return file.
Hi pankaj
hv another query. last year 2009 , I had filed ITR online. my ITR-V shows AO ward from Chennai…I don’t know why it’s showing Chennai because my PAN is under Pune jurisdiction…
Is it a problem ?
@Sachin
Most of the times, from where you file first time return is put as jurisdiction. So it might still be pointing to that.
If thats not the case, get it corrected with income tax department.
You are correct Pankaj. I filed my first ever ITR at Chennai. However incomtax dept website shows my PAN jurisdiction as PUNE only. in this case, do I need to anything to correct it on my online ITR ? please advise
Thanks !
@Sachin
In your next income tax filing provide your nearest jurisdiction.
Hello pankaj batra,
I did a mistake when i was applying my TDS returns for the assessment year 2008-2009.so i decided to refile it. When I refiled as a revised I got a error message.the error message is following.
“The due date for ‘Revised’ IT Return of ReturnFileSec 12 for Assessment Year 2008 is only till 31-03-2010. Please contact DIT Administrator for further details”
contact DIT Administrator means Where?
Can i refile my revised TDS for the assessment year 2008-2009?
In return filed under section field which code i select in ITR form4?
Please tell the answer
@Vivek,
I think, its too late to file revised return for Assessment year 2008-2009 (FY 2007-2008). Assessment of your already filed return, may already been done by Income tax department.
You may try filing it offline by visiting passport office.
Hi Pankaj, I have downloaded ITR2 from the site, could you please let me know the paasword to unprotect it.
Thanks
Amol
@Amol
The Income tax return file is provided by Income tax department website. They have rules and formulas embedded in file and password can’t be provided for same.
Hello Pankaj,
Thanks for your information you put here. I’m facing problem in generating XML file from the 2010_ITR1_r11.xls file after filling up all the details. Any idea what could be the problem
Please help
@Santhosh
Did you receive any security warning in excel in menu bar. If yes, you have to enable it from options.
If it is not the case, please let me know what error its showing or can you tell me step by step.
Hi Pankaj,
I have been employed with 2 employers in the current assessment year (2010-2011). How can I use the excel utility provided by https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/downloads10-11/itr/ITR1_2010_11_R6.zip, I see in this excel sheet there is no option to fill in GROSS salary of 2 or more employers.
Please help.
@Nikhil
You will have to add figures provided in Form-16 provided by two employers and provide the same as salary in ITR form.
Hi, first of all, Thank you very much for the helping hand you are extending for fellow indians. i have a doubt. u said that we need not submit any documents(proofs) alongwith ITRs. then sir, whats authenticity of the returns if no proof is required. can u plz explain me.
@Sreekanth
Income tax return is a declaration and does not need any document proof to be attached.
Banks, Employers, Credit card and Mutual fund company sends reports to income tax department.
On basis of PAN number IT department can check most of your transactions and verify if same has been provided in ITR.
In case they feel some mismatch they can raise a query (they send letter to income tax payer’s address) and even they can call for scrutiny.
Hello Sir,
I read your article and get to know that I will have to post my ITR-V form to Banglore. But to avoid that I will need one digital signature.
But my question is, Can I avoid digital signature (cost) and sending my ITR-V form by post both. If I file my tax returns via the private sites. As they charge Rs.299(myitreturn.com) Rs400(taxsmile.com). Is the cost of digital signature is included in it and is it safe to file from there?
Thanx
@Anshal
As income tax is a declaration, tax payer must sign it (either digitally or by hand) to authenticate.
So You cannot avoid sending signed copy of return.
With most of the online tax filing websites, you have to send ITR-V by post only after your submit your tax information.
Some of them (taxsmile) also do it completely online by issuing a digital signature. But definitely in that case cost will be higher.
Hi,
I have filed mt IT returns through the webite incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. However I have an error in the amount i had mentioned under the section 80-C deduction. Is it possible to re-file the returns online?
@Sharad
Yes, you can now file a revised return online.
how do i file a revised return online?
@Siddarth
You have to choose revised return in ITR excel form and generate XML and upload it on e-filing website.
Hi
I worked with two organisations for FY09-10 and got 2 form 16 from respective orgs. How do i file the tax online as there will be two TAN, and bank accounts.
Please can someone advice.
@Gaurav
In TDS sheet of ITR excel, you can enter multiple values.
Thank you Pankaj.
What form i have to use for filing the return of my wife who is earning income from tution and computer work at home
@Kamal
As its income from business/profession, you have to file ITR-4
hey i have a proble i lost my last 2yr ITR. how can i get copy of this satmt plz it urgent reply me
@Jignasha
If you had filed it online, you can get acknowledgment from your login in income tax e-filing website.
Otherwise, you will have to go to income tax office and request for the same to the assessment officer.
How to know the assessing officer(ward / circle).
@Amrita
You can know your assessing office by providing PAN number here : https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/common.do?screen=jurisdiction
Hi Pankaj, I am having housing loan and short term gain, so filling ITR 2. Please let me know which are the documents i should attached along with ITR 2,Acknowledgement and ITR-V.
I will submit the return by hand to the income tax office.
@Amol
No document needs to be attached along with Income tax return form.