Income Tax Department has published an important announcement for Non-Filers of Income Tax Return for Asstt. Year 2013-14 on their official website https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ on 28.03.2014. This important announcement is as follows:
In 2013, Income Tax Deparment issued letters to 12,19,832 non-filers who had done high value transactions.
In 2014, Income Tax Department has identified addtional 22,09,464 non-filers who have done high value transactions. You may be one of them. Act Now !
Logon to e-filing portal at https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
- If you are not registered with the e-filing portal, use the "Register Yourself" link to register
- You can view "Information Summery" under the "Complience" module and submit whether it pertains to you or any other person you know.
- If you have already filed the return, you should submit the details under "Filing of Income Tax Return". If not, you should pay your taxes and file the return.
- You can keep a print out of submitted response for record.
These ITR Forms are developed using the latest in JAVA technology and effort has been made to make it user friendly, simpler and faster preparation of tax returns. This utility can be run on operating systems like Windows 7.0 or above and latest Linux, where Java Runtime Environment Version 7 Update 6 (jre 1.7 is also known as jre version 7) or above is installed.
Note:
- Please make sure you have the latest version of the utility before you start filling the information into the utility.
- Please make sure you're connected to the internet for submission of the ITR Form.
1. New - On click of this button, a new copy of the ITR form will be available. If you have already opened the ITR form, you will be prompted to save the earlier copy.
2. Open -This option is for importing the XML (successfully generated earlier) of a particular A.Y. Select the path and import the XML. You should check/validate the contents before finalizing upload/submission.
3. Save - You can save your completed XML in the desired path/location of your desktop.
4. Save Draft - This option can be used to save your XML. Please note you cannot upload an XML which was saved using the ‘Save draft’ option. Only a complete XML generated using the ‘Save’ option can be uploaded successfully.
5. Prefill -This option can be used to auto-fill your Personal, Address and Tax details. You will be prompted to provide your User ID, Password and DOB/DOI to fetch the data. It is advisable to complete this activity before you start entering other data. Please check/validate the contents. Please make sure you're connected to the internet to avail this feature.
6. Re-Calculate - On clicking this button, the data in the utility will be re-calculated. This is to provide with the utility based calculation/validation.
7. Submit -Click this button to upload the XML in e-Filing portal. You'll be prompted to provide your e-Filing credentials, User ID, Password and DOB/DOI. Post submission, the success message and the acknowledgment number will be displayed. You will be able to download ITR-V. Please make sure you're connected to the internet to avail this feature. (if the return is submitted without a DSC) as well.
8. Help - This option will let you know the shortkeys, instructions, settings and how to use this ITR form.
9. Previous/Next- These will help you to navigate to the various tabs of the ITR form.
Settings
- Following are the recommended settings to use the ITR Utility :
- Java Runtime Environment Version 7 Update 6 (jre 1.7 is also known as jre version 7) or above Any Zip Software to unzip the utility
- Minimum bandwidth of 256 kbps and above
- A copy of last year's tax return
- Bank Statement
- TDS certificates
- Savings certificates/Deductions
- Interest statement showing interest paid to you throughout the year.
- Balance Sheet, P&L Account Statement and other Audit Reports wherever applicable.
Download the requisite ITR Form
