16 April 2014
The rule is that you cannot File ITR-1 if you have income not chargeable to tax in excess of Rs 5000. for eg, you dividend income more than Rs 5000.
please refer proviso to Rule 12(1)(a)
however, whether you need to File ITR - 2 or ITR - 4 shall depend on your income sources.
however, if you are an individual, you are not required to file the tax return if overall income is below the exempted limit.
21 April 2014
My query is on behalf of my father. He is a pensioner, in previous year he file ITR - 1. This year he received cash gift of Rs. 40000/- from me which is deposited in his bank account. Gift from son to father is exempted from income tax but it is more than Rs. 5000/- and deposited in his bank account. So do my father need to file ITR - 2 and show this Rs. 40000/- in Exempted Income column ? Or file ITR - 1 like previous year. Please note : Cash is deposited in his bank account.