Best Practices for Scanning & Uploading of Attachments

You may kindly note that whenever any document is uploaded to any e-Filing website , the following best practices should be complied.

Scan settings

⇒ Scan to PDF

⇒ Scan at 300 dpi

⇒ Scan in Black and White only

⇒ Do not upload  files with Read/Write/Password protection

Scanning Source Documents

• Scan the original tax document to avoid scanning copies and faxes
• Scan the document in A4 or Letter size only
• Scan multi-page documents together, in logical order
• Do not leave the tray cover open when scanning single pages on a flatbed scanner

Key points to avoid poor quality

• Documents with faint or faded text
• Handwritten documents that contain important identifying information such as Pan etc. making it difficult to read
• Documents with ink bleeding or smudging
• Clipped or cut forms that exclude important identifying information

Note: Department may impose file size limits for uploaded documents. It is, therefore, strongly recommended to follow above mentioned guidelines.