Filling your Income Tax Return is easy.
Here's How?
Smart individuals follow these key steps to make the process smooth and quick.
A STEP BY STEP GUIDE
Register Yourself
Register on the income tax department's online tax filing site - incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Choose how you want to e-file
- Offline: download the requisite form, save it on your desktop, fill the details offline and then upload it back on the site
- Online: fill the form online by selecting the quick e-file option
Select the requisite form
- ITR-1: individuals earning a salary, pension, or income from property or sources other than lottery
- ITR-2: individuals earning capital gains (ITR 2A: for those who own more than one house but no capital gains)
- ITR 3,4 and 4S: business owners and professionals
Calculate
tax liability/
refund eligibility
Keep those documents ready
PAN
Form 16
TDS
Certificates
Interest statements
Details of investments, insurance and home loans
1.Fill form and upload
- File the form online or click on 'Generate XML' to download and fill the form offline
- Upload the XML file and submit
Verify ITR V 2.
- Get acknowledgement (ITR V)
- Verify ITR V sent to your registered email ID to complete the tax filing process
Avoid these common mistakes while filling your ITR
Getting the incorrect form
Quoting the wrong assessment year
Furnishing incorrect personal information
Failure to reconcile TDS with form 26as
Claiming a tax rebate twice
Waiting for the 11th hour
