STEPS TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS ONLINE



COMPILED BY

NIHAR RANJAN BEURA

CRL-BEL,BANGALORE.


THAT'S IT

STEP-1

GO TO www.incometaxindia.gov.in

STEP-2

REGISTER YOURSELF WITH YOUR 'PAN NO' AS YOUR LOGIN ID.

STEP-3

DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE OF THAT FORM (ITS NOTHING BUT A PDF FILE). SAME FORM IS ATTACHED. YOU REQUIRE ADOBE ACROBAT READER 7 AND ABOVE. (FILLING THE FORM CAN BE DONE OFFLINE ALSO. ONLY THE 'XML FILE' IS REQUIRED FOR FILING THE RETURNS) .

STEP-4

FILL IT. HAVE YOUR 'FORM 16' ALONG SIDE YOU. IT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED. AND HAVE YOUR CHEQUE BOOK ALSO BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED BANK DETAILS ALSO.

STEP-5

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PDF THERE ARE 4 BUTTONS 'PRINT', 'CHECK FORM', 'GENERATE BAR CODE', AND 'EXPORT TO XML'. AFTER FILL CLICK ON 'CHECK FORM' AND THEN CLICK ON 'GENERATE BAR CODE'. FINALLY CLICK ON 'EXPORT TO XML'.

STEP-6

THIS WILL GENERATE AN 'XML' FILE. SAVE IT. (ENSURE THE FILE NAME HAS NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS OR SPACE).

STEP-7

NOW LOGIN TO THE SITE THERE IS OPTION TO 'SUBMIT RETURNS'.

STEP-8

UPLOAD THE XML FILE. YOU WILL GET AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM LINK 'ITR-V'. DOWNLOAD THIS AND SAVE IT FOR REFERENCE.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER :

(A) JULY 31ST IS THE LAST DATE TO FILE THE INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR.

(B) FILING FORM 16 NOT REQUIRED FOR REFUND FOR A.Y.2008-09.


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