Is it mandatory for certain classes of assessees to submit the Income tax returns electronically for AY 11-12 onwards? Answer: Yes. e-Filing of Returns/Forms is mandatory for : Individual/ HUF having total income of Rupees 10 Lakhs and above for AY 2012-13 and subsequent Assessment years. Individual/ HUF, being resident, having assets located outside India [...]

What are the steps in brief to upload the Income Tax Return on this website? Visit ITD e-filing website https:\\incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. On homepage, GO TO ‘Downloads’ section and select applicable Income Tax Return Form of the relevant Assessment Year OR Login to e-Filing application and GO TO ‘Downloads’→’Income Tax Return Forms’ and select applicable Income Tax Return Form of the relevant Assessment Year. Download the excel utility of the Income Tax Return (ITR).

New ITR Filing Procedure The Government proposes to introduce new procedures/forms for filling Income Tax returns. Every year government notifies forms for filing of income-tax returns after incorporating the changes brought out by the Finance Act of the previous year and the suggestions received from stakeholders. The new forms for filing of income tax returns [...]

Taxpayers having an annual income of over Rs 5 lakh will be required to file their returns in electronic form, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday. Besides, the Finance Ministry is also making provisions for e-filing of Wealth Tax returns.

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The pre-fill option of personal and tax information for ITR 1, ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR 4 and ITR 4S for assessment year 2012-13 is available. Please download the applicable ITR Form from the portal. To know more on how to download, pre-fill and upload.

Income Tax Department proposes to introduce an electronic signature for efiling of Income Tax Returns in addition to existing Digital Signature Certificate / ITR V. The e-signature shall be based on the validation of the taxpayer on the basis of the data available with the Income Tax department.

The Principal Contact is a Foreigner/Non-resident and does not have a PAN and hence, not able to register in the new e-Filing Application. What should be done? As per CBDT guidelines, Foreigners without PAN is allowed to be an authorized signatory and can file on behalf of the Company/Firm without a PAN encrypted DSC

Government has put the facility for CAs to upload 3CA, 3CB, 3CD etc. If Govt. makes upload of the same compulsory from AY 2013-14 by making appropriate rules under I T Rules, 1962, then we will be able to track – how many reports are filed with the department in our name?

  A new Website for e-filing of returns and forms has been launched by the Income-tax Department. On the new Website, a new feature has been introduced for tax professionals (presently this feature is available only for Chartered Accountants) for online filing of various forms. To assist tax professionals in filing the statutory forms various [...]