Taxpayers have the choice to file their earnings tax return (ITR) both solely on-line by the tax division’s e-filing earnings tax portal or by a mixture of on-line and offline strategies utilizing JSON and Excel utilities.
Submitting earnings tax return on-line
Taxpayers can log into their account on the e-filing portal and choose the ‘File earnings tax return’ possibility. A lot of the required info is robotically prefilled from their Annual Data Assertion (AIS) and Type 26AS. Nonetheless, it is really helpful that taxpayers cross-check this prefilled information with paperwork like Type 16, Type 16A, different TDS certificates, curiosity certificates, and wage slips to make sure accuracy.
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Utilizing offline utilities
Taxpayers even have the choice to file their ITR utilizing offline utilities resembling JSON and Excel. These utilities will be downloaded from the e-filing earnings tax portal and used to fill of their particulars. To entry pre-filled information within the offline utilities, taxpayers should obtain a prefilled XML from their e-filing earnings tax account. After filling within the vital particulars offline, taxpayers can add the finished kinds on the e-filing web site.
Taxpayers can select to file their tax return utilizing ITR-1, ITR-2, or ITR-4, relying on the sources of their earnings for the monetary yr:
In contrast to earlier years, the Earnings Tax Division has notified earnings tax return kinds nicely upfront this yr, as a substitute of April. At first of the brand new monetary yr, each on-line and offline utilities of ITR kinds have been made accessible by the tax division. Nonetheless, many salaried taxpayers might have to attend till the tip of June to collect the required TDS certificates earlier than they’ll start the ITR submitting course of.