Information on how e-filing is done

1. INCOME TAX
RETURN - 1
SALARIED INDIVIDUALS –
SALARY/PENSION/FAMILY PENSION/INTEREST
INCOME

2. INCOME TAX RETURN - 1
 Income tax return is a document you file with the Internal
Revenue Service or the state tax board reporting
your income, profits and losses of your business and other
deductions as well as details about your tax refund or tax
liability.

3. E - FILING
 Electronic tax filing, or e-filing, is a system for submitting
tax documents to a revenue service electronically, often
without the need to submit any paper documents.

4. ELIGIBILE INDIVIDUALS FOR ITR -1
 Income from Salary/ Pension; or
 Income from One House Property (excluding cases
where loss is brought forward from previous
years); or
 Income from Other Sources (excluding winning
from lottery and income from Race Horses)

5. CHECKLIST FOR E - FILING
• Check your tax credit - Form 26AS vs. Form 16
• Claim 80G, savings certificates and other
deductions
 In addition to the above, have the following at hand.
• Last year's tax returns
• Bank statements
• TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) certificates
 Ensure your system is equipped with the below.
• Java Runtime Environment Version 7 Update 6 or above

6. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
 General details:
• Bank account details
• PAN Number
 Reporting salary income:
• Rent receipts for claiming HRA
• Form 16
• Pay slips

7. PROCEDURE FOR FILING ITR - 1
ONLINE MODE
 Step 1 – PROFILE REGISTRATION
 Step 2 - FILL & SUBMIT ITR-1 FORM ONLINE
 STEP 3 – DOWNLOAD THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECIEPT

8. PROCEDURE FOR FILING ITR - 1
STEP 1 – PROFILE REGISTRATION
Type in the URL of e filing application -
https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/

10. Click on the 'Register Yourself' tab and select
'Individual' against the radio button found under
“Individual/HUF”

12. Click on the “Continue” button. The registration details page should be displayed

13. The user will be directed to the registration page and the user will fill the
following fields for further validation.
 PAN – Mandatory, should be valid PAN.
 Surname – Mandatory, should be as per the PAN details.
 First Name – Not mandatory, should be as per the PAN details.
 Middle Name - Not mandatory, should be as per the PAN details.
 Date of Birth – Mandatory, should be as per the PAN details.

15. B. Personal Details
These details could be
automatically populated
by previously entered
basic details

17. Current Address
Flat/Door/Building –
Mandatory.
Road/Street – Non-mandatory.
Area/Locality – Mandatory.
Town/City/District – Mandatory.
State – Mandatory, user
selects from the drop down
provided.
Pin code – Mandatory.
Country- Mandatory, user
selects from the drop down
provided

19.  Click on ‘SUBMIT’.
If it is success, user
will be navigated to
the “Registration
Successful “ screen

20.  The user receives a confirmation e-mail with an activation link
to the registered Email ID. An SMS along with OTP (One time
Password) is also sent to the registered mobile number.
 In order to activate the account, the user should click on the
Activation link and enter the Mobile PIN. On success, the user
account is activated and the database is updated.

21. In e-Filing
application home
page, click ‘Login
Here’ button.

22. STEP - 2
 CLICK ON E – FILE
 AND THEN CLICK ON “ PREPARE AND SUBMIT ONLINE “

39. STEP 3 - SUBMIT
 SUBMIT THE FORM
 AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECIEPT IS DISPLAYED