| E-filing of income tax return is an easy, 15-minute | | | | details for No 24 also. Fill in details of TAN |
| job. And it is definitely smoother than finding a tax | | | | number, name of company, address, city, state, |
| consultant, haggling for the right price and then | | | | pin code as given in form 16. |
| waiting endlessly for him to do the job at his | | | | STEP 6 |
| whim. | | | | Fill in details of income charged under salaries, |
| So, how do you do it? | | | | deductions from Chapter VI-A, tax payable and |
| STEP 1 | | | | tax deducted. All these information is found on |
| Go to the website of directorate of income tax, | | | | your Form 16. Click on VALIDATE button to |
| India, and register yourself, that is if you are not | | | | check for correctness. |
| registered already. As you register, you need to | | | | STEP 7 |
| fill in your PAN number and other details in order | | | | Next sheet is taxes paid and verification. Fill in |
| to set your login and password. | | | | details of name, father's name, place, date and |
| STEP 2 | | | | PAN number under the VERIFICATION section |
| Once you are done with registration, log out and | | | | shown in RED. Click validate once again. If all the |
| log in again with your PAN number as user ID and | | | | three sheets are shown OK on validation, you are |
| the new password you have set earlier. Click on | | | | ready to generate an XML file of the details. |
| e-filing A.Y. 2010-11 on the left side and download | | | | STEP 8 |
| the e-filing form for INDIVIDUAL, HUF (HUF | | | | Click on Generate XML and it will ask you to save |
| stands for Hindu undivided family) | | | | the file. Once saved, go back to the website and |
| STEP 3 | | | | log in (if you are logged out) with your user name |
| The form comes in a ZIP file. Save it to your | | | | and password. On the left side, click on submit |
| desktop and extract the Excel file from it to a | | | | return with 2010-11 as assessment year. Upload |
| new folder. Open the excel file and enable macros. | | | | your generated XML to the site. Your e-filing is |
| Mind you, you have to enable macros in order to | | | | done. |
| complete the process. | | | | STEP 9 |
| STEP 4 | | | | It sends you a copy of acknowledgment to your |
| Fill in details like Name, Address, City, State, Pin | | | | email ID and also allows you to download the |
| Code in the sheet for INCOME DETAILS; fill in | | | | acknowledgment by clicking on blue link. The |
| your PAN number wherever required and then fill | | | | acknowledgment again comes in a ZIP file. Extract |
| in details of your income, investments and tax | | | | the file, take a printout of the PDF file and sign it |
| paid as provided to you in the Form 16 as per the | | | | manually. |
| instructions on the sheet. Then click on the | | | | STEP 10 |
| VALIDATE button to check. If the details are | | | | Send a signed Acknowledgment to Income Tax |
| correct. It will show the sheet is ok. (That is if no | | | | Department address shown at the bottom of the |
| errors are found). | | | | PDF file by ORDINARY POST only. You will get a |
| STEP 5 | | | | confirmation from IT department within one |
| The next sheet of the file is TDS. Fill in the details | | | | week. If it's delayed, you can check out with CPC, |
| for No 23 only if you have income only from | | | | Bangalore at 080-43456700 between 9:30 AM to |
| salary. If you have income other than salary, fill in | | | | 6 PM between Monday to Friday. |