WHAT IS e-FILING ?
THE PROCESS OF ELECTRONICALLY FILING INCOME TAX RETURN, THROUGH THE INTERNET, IS KNOWN AS e-FILING
WHO CAN e-FILE?
- Individuals
- HUF
- Companies / BOI / AOP / Firms / Trusts / Local authorities / Artificial juridical person
- External Agencies
- Tax professionals – Chartered Accountants
- Tax Deductors and Collectors
- Electronic Return Filing Intermediaries
ADVANTAGES OF e-FILING
ANYWHERE – ANYTIME FILING
EASY, FAST AND SECURE
FASTER REFUNDS
VALUE ADDED SERVICES LIKE
TRACKING OF REFUNDS, 26AS VIEW,
E-MAIL AND SMS ALERTS,
REGARDING STATUS OF
PROCESSING AND REFUNDS
IMMEDIATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
24/7 ONLINE SERVICE
DEDICATED HELPDESK TO SUPPORT
THE QUERIES OF ASSESSEES
IMPORTANT FUNCTIONALITIES ON THE e-FILING PORTAL
HERE ARE A FEW STEPS ON HOW YOU CAN FILE ONLINE:
ONLINE e-FILING PROCESS (ITR 1 & ITR 4)
- LOGIN TO THE e-FILING PORTAL AND GO TO ‘e-FILE’–> ‘FILE INCOME TAX RETURN’
- SELECT THE “ASSESSMENT YEAR”, “ FILING TYPE”, ITR TYPE, SUBMISSION MODE SELECT STATUS
- CONTINUE IF YOU ARE SURE ABOUT THE ITR TYPE OR YOU CAN CLICK ON “PROCEED” TO HELP FIND YOUR ITR
- SELECT REASON FOR FILING & FILL THE APPLICABLE FIELDS OF THE ITR
- SELECT VERIFICATION MODE
- FILL ALL THE APPLICABLE FIELDS IN THE ITR
- ENTER EVC/OPT FOR e-VERIFYING YOUR ITR (OR) SEND THE SIGNED ITR-V TO CPC FOR VERIFICATION
- e-FILING OF ITR IS NOW COMPLETE
OFFLINE e-FILING PROCESS
GOING COMPLETELY ONLINE CAN BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE FORMS WITH A LOT OF DATA AND LABORIOUS CALCULATIONS. SO TO EASE YOU IN, THE OPTION TO DOWNLOAD AND THEN UPLOAD A COMPLETED FILE, WITHOUT THE FEAR OF ‘SESSION’ TIME OUT’ IS ALSO PROVIDED.
HERE’S HOW YOU GO ABOUT THE PROCESS:
- DOWNLOAD THE APPLICABLE JSON UTILITY FROM THE e-FILING PORTAL
- GO TO ‘DOWNLOADS’ -> INCOME TAX RETURNS
- DOWNLOAD UTILITY
- FILL ALL THE APPLICABLE FIELDS IN THE ITR UTILITY AND GENERATE JSON FILE
- LOGIN TO THE e-FILING PORTAL AND GO TO go to E-FILE-> INCOME TAX RETURNS-> FILE INCOME TAX RETURNSE
- SELECT THE “ASSESSMENT YEAR”, “FILING TYPE”, ITR TYPE, SUBMISSION MODE
- UPLOAD THE GENERATED JSON FILE
- ENTER EVC/OPT FOR e-VERIFYING YOUR ITR (OR) SEND THE SIGNED ITR-V TO CPC FOR VERIFICATION
- e-FILING OF ITR NOW COMPLETE
e-VERIFICATION
ONCE YOU’VE SUBMITTED YOUR ITR, IT IS IMPORTANT TO VERIFY THE SAME, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE FILING PROCESS. e-VERIFICATION IS THE EASIEST WAY OF VERIFYING YOUR ITR, AS IT SAVES YOU THE EFFORT OF SENDING SIGNED ITR-V TO CPC BENGALURU.
HOW TO e-VERIFY
YOU CAN e-VERIFY USING
- ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION CODE
- AADHAAR OTP OR
- BY LOGGING IN THROUGH NET BANKING. EVC MAY BE OBTAINED USING A PRE-VALIDATED BANK ACCOUNT OR A PRE-VALIDATED DEMAT ACCOUNT.
- USING DSC
HERE ARE A FEW SIMPLE STEPS TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS:
- Login to e-Filing portal and go to ‘e-file’–> ‘Income Tax Return’ –> ‘e-Verify Return’
- Click on the ‘e-verify’ link available against the ITR which is to be e-Verified
- Select e-Verification, mode as applicable
- Enter EVC/OTP for e-Verifying your ITR
- e-Verification of ITR is now complete
e-PROCEEDING
GET ONLINE AND
GET ON WITH LIFE.
e-Proceeding is an electronic platform for conducting proceedings in an end-to-end manner.
All the notices/intimations/ letters from the department are made available under e-Proceedings, where the assessee would be able to view and submit the response, along with attachments, by uploading the same on the e-Filing portal. This will not only reduce compliance burden on the assesses substantially, but also enable safe storage and tracking of all e-submissions made by the assessee, and make the entire process paperless.
e-FILING VAULT
To shield your e-Filing account against any fraudulent activity or unauthorised access, e-Filing Vault adds a second level of authentication which ensures higher degree of security, compared to a simple user ID and Password.
Higher security options are available for e-Filing Login and Reset Password, through the following options.
NET BANKING
AADHAAR OTP
DIGITAL SIGNATURE
CERTIFICATE (DSC)
BANK ACCOUNT EVC
DEMAT ACCOUNT EVC
THE GRIEVANCES CELL
A single window to raise all your grievances through the e-Filing portal. This window enables taxpayers to address any concern that arises during the filing process or after.
THE GRIEVANCES CELL SUPPORT TEAM
A. Assessing Officer (ITO/ACIT) or Supervisory Hierarchy
B. Centralized Processing Center for TDS returns (CPC-TDS)
C. Centralized Processing Center for Processing Status (CPC-ITR)
D. e-Filing Website Team
E. NSDL
F. Directorate of Systems
G. UTIITSL
YOU CAN RAISE GRIEVANCES THROUGH HOEPAGE– FOOTER — GRIEVANCES OR POST LOGIN THROUGH GRIEVANCES- SUBMIT GRIEVANCES
DIRECTORATE OF INCOME-TAX
(Public Relations, Publications & Publicity)
6th Floor, Mayur Bhawan, New Delhi