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WELCOME TO THE VIDEO ON EFILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS. THIS HAS BEEN BEEN DEVELOPED
BY THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO HELP U UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF
ELECTRONIC FILING. ELECTRONIC FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS AND FORMS TO THE INTERNET IS VERY
EASY. AND SIMPLE. ALL YOU NEED IS A VALID PERMANENT ACCOUNT NUMBER BY WHICH U CAN
REGISTER ON EFILING PORTAL AND THEN FILE YOUR RETURNS. APART FROM EFILING, THE PORTAL PROVIDES
A NUMBER OF OTHER FEATURES. THIS VIDEO WILL INTRODUCE THE FEATURES OF PORTAL IT WILL GUIDE
YOU ON HOW TO BECOME REGISTERED USER AND THEN WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EFILING. U
CAN ACCESS THIS PORTAL BY TYPING HTTPS://INCOMETAXINDIAEFILING.GOV.IN YOUR WEB BROWSER. AS U CAN SEE THE PORTAL
USES HTTPS:// CONNECTION WHICH ENSURES THAT ALL YOUR TRANSACTIONS ARE SECURED. U CAN REGISTER
ON THIS PORTAL IF U ARE AN INDIVIDUAL, A CORPORATE, A FIRM OR A HINDU UNDIVIDED FAMILY (HUF).OTHER
INTERMEDIARIES LIKE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND E RETURN INTERMEDIARIES (ERIS) HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS BESIDES FILING ELECTRONIC RETURN. APART FROM EFILING,
THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS PORTAL THESE CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE SERVICES
SECTION ON THE HOMEPAGE. U CAN VIEW YOUR FORM 26AS, CHECK YOUR OUTSTANDING TAX DEMAND, AND
SEE YOUR ITR -- V REFUND AND RECTIFICATION STATUS. U CAN ENQUIRE ABOUT JURISDICTIONAL
ASSESSING OFFICER WARD, PERMANENT ACCOUNT NUMBER PAN, AND TAX DEDUCTION ACCOUNT NUMBER
TAN. LINKS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO ACCESS OTHER RELATED WEBSITES WHERE U CAN APPLY FOR
PAN/TAN ONLINE , CALCULATE TAX , AND PAY TAX ELECTRONICALLY.SOME OF THE SERVICES REQUIRES
U TO BE THE REGISTERED USER OF THE PORTAL.THE LOCK SIGN DISPLAYED ALONG SIDE THE SERVICE
INDICATES THAT THE SERVICE CAN BE AVAILED ONLY AFTER LOGIN . CLICK ON LOGIN IF YOU ARE
ALREADY REGISTERED. AFTER LOGIN U CAN ACCESS ALL THE SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE PORTAL.
IF U ARE A NEW USER, CLICK ON THE REGISTER YOURSELF BUTTON. PLEASE NOTE TO REGISTER,
U SHOULD HAVE VALID PAN NO. IF U DO NOT HAVE ONE, CLICK ON THE APPLY ONLINE PAN/TAN MENU
OPTION ON THE SERVICES SECTION OF THE PORTAL. IF U HAVE A PAN CARD, SELECT THE RELEVANT
USER TYPE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF U FILES UR INCOME TAX RETURNS AS INDIVIDUAL SELECT USER TYPE
AS INDIVIDUAL. THEN CLICK ON THE CONTINUE BUTTON. A VACANT FIELD SCREEN WILL APPEAR
HERE. TYPE UR PAN, SUR NAME, MIDDLE NAME, FIRST NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, EMAIL ID AND 10
DIGIT MOBILE NUMBER. PLEASE NOTE A VALID EMAIL -- ID AND ACTIVE MOBILE NUMBER ARE MANDATORY
AND THEY WILL BE USED FOR ALL FUTURE NOTIFICATIONS AND COMMUNICATION. NOW CLICK ON THE CONTINUE
BUTTON. THE REGISTRATION FORM SCREEN WILL APPEAR. WRITE IN THE PASSWORD, PERSONAL DETAILS,
CONTACT DETAILS, AND UR PRESENT AND PERMANENT ADDRESS DETAILS. ENTER THE CODE DISPLAYED ON
THE SCREEN, AND CLICK ON THE SUBMIT BUTTON. THE SYSTEM WILL VALIDATE YOUR DETAILS AND
ON SUCCESS, A TRANSACTION ID AND OTHER DETAILS WLLL BE DISPLAYED. AND AN EMAIL WITH AN ACTIVATION
LINK WILL ALSO BE SENT TO YOUR REGISTERED EMAIL ID. ACCESS YOUR MAIL AND CLICK THE ACTIVATION
LINK TO ACTIVATE YOUR EFILING ACCOUNT. U CAN NOW LOGIN AND CAN USE THE SERVICES ON THE
PORTAL. AFTER U LOGIN, THE BLUE NAVIGATION BAR ON TOP WILL DISPLAY ADDITIONAL MENU OPTIONS.
THE DASHBOARD OPTION WILL PROVIDE THE CURRENT NOTIFICATIONS AND ALSO THE DETAILS OF YOUR
PREVIOUS E-FILE RETURNS. THE MY ACCOUNT OPTIONS WILL PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS ADD CA (CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANT), REGISTER AS LEGAL HEIR, OUTSTANDING TAX DEMAND ETC. THE E-FILE AND DOWNLOAD OPTIONS
WILL ALLOW YOU TO FILE YOUR RETURNS AND DOWNLOAD FORMS RESPECTIVELY. THE PROFILE SETTINGS OPTION
WILL ALLOW YOU TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE, DETAILS LIKE DIGITAL SIGNATURE UPLOAD, CHANGE SECRET
QUESTION, AND UPDATE CONTACT DETAILS ETC. THE MY REQUEST LIST OPTION WILL HELP YOU TRACK
ALL REQUESTS OTHER THAN EFILING LIKE STATUS ON ADD LEGAL HEIR AND STATUS ON REQUEST FOR
INTIMATION . THE WORKLIST OPTION WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF ITEMS WHICH MAY BE PENDING FOR ACTION
AT YOUR END. THE HELPDESK OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO RAISE A TICKET
IF U FACE ANY ISSUES WHILE EFILING AND CHECK THE STATUS OF THE TICKET IF RAISED.NOW THAT
U ARE A REGISTERED USER ON THE PORTAL , U CAN FILE YOUR INCOME TAX RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY
. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO FILE YOUR INCOME TAX RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY.THE FIRST WAY IS TO
THE DOWNLOAD THE RELEVANT ITR FORM FROM THE DOWNLOAD SECTION. SAVE IT ON YOUR MACHINE
AND FILL IN THE DETAILS AND CLICK ON THE GENERATE XML BUTTON. SAVE THE GENERATED XML ON YOUR
MACHINE AND ACCESS THE PORTAL. CLICK ON THE UPLOAD XML BUTTON.LOGIN WITH YOUR USER ID
AND PASSWORD AND THEN UPLOAD THE XML FILE SAVED ON YOUR MACHINE. A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE
WILL APPEAR. THE BENEFIT OF UPLOADING YOUR RETURN USING THIS OPTION IS THAT U CAN FILL
IN THE ITR FORMS AT YOUR OWN CONVINIENT. THIS SAVES YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN FILLING THE
ITR FORMS AND U ARE READY TO FILE UR RETURNS WITH IN A FEW MINUTES. THE SECOND OPTION OF
FILING YOUR INCOME TAX RETURN ELECTRONICALLY IS TO FILE THE RETURNS USING THE ONLINE ITR
FORMS. U SHOULD CLICK ON THE QUICK E-FILE ITR -1 BUTTON ON THE RIGHT BUTTON OF THE HOMEPAGE.
AND LOGIN TO THE PORTAL. THE PREPARE AND SUBMIT ONLINE SCREEN APPEARS. SELECT THE ITR FORM
NAME AND THE ASSESSMENT YEAR. CLICK YES AGAINST THE " DO YOU WANT TO DIGITALLY SIGN OPTION IF
U HAVE A DIGITAL SIGNATURE. ELSE CLICK NO. THEN CLICK ON THE SUBMIT BUTTON. THE ITR FORM
WILL APPEAR WITH THE DETAILS LIKE PERSONAL AND TAX INFORMATION FILLED IN AUTOMATICALLY.
FILL IN THE OTHER DETAILS THAT ARE REQUIRED. IF U DO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, AND WISH
TO FILL REST OF DETAILS LATER, CLICK ON SAVE AS DRAFT BUTTON. ALL THE DETAILS U HAVE FILLED
WILL BE SAVED AND CAN BE ACCESSED AGAIN WITH IN 30 DAYS. ONCE U HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION,
U CAN SUBMIT THE FORM BY CLICKING ON THE SUBMIT BUTTON. ON SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
NUMBER IS GENERATED IN CASE THE FORM IS SUBMITTED WITH A DIGITAL SIGNATURE. IF THE RETURN HAS
BEEN SUBMITTED WITHOUT A DIGITAL SIGNATURE, THEN AN ITR V IS GENERATED WHICH IS SENT TO
YOUR REGISTERED EMAIL ID. U CAN DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND REVIEW THE ITR V BY CLICKING ON
MY ACCOUNTS MY RETURNS / FORMS. CLICK ON THE RELEVANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT NUMBER AND DOWNLOAD
THE ITR V. U MUST THEN SEND THE DULY SIGNED ITR V ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE POSTAL ADDRESS
OF THE CENTRALIZED PROCESSING CENTER CPC IN BANGLORE AS MENTIONED IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
WITH IN 120 DAYS OF FILING THE RETURN. ON RECEIPT OF ITR V, UR FORM IS PROCESSED AT
THE CPC IN BANGLORE. BOTH METHODS OF FILING INCOME TAX RETURNS THROUGH XML UPLOAD AND
THROUGH ONLINE FORMS ARE GIVEN IN THE DETAIL IN THE HOW TO E-FILE PAGE ON THE PORTAL WHICH
CAN BE ACCESSED USING THE LEARN HOW TO E-FILE BUTTON ON THE HOMPAGE.