STEPS TO E-FILING

Login at www.Incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in portal.

The PAN is used as user ID.
You must remember password. Otherwise you should use forget password
facility to reset the password.
You need to give date of birth in MM/DD/YYYY format for login.
After the login into dashboard, click at Quick e-File in left sidebar. It is the first
option.

Choose ITR form name. For salaried it should be ITR-1.

The assessment your should be 2015-16.

Select an option for the address.

If you have digital signature, you can choose yes on the next item.
Most of us dont have digital signature, therefore it should remain No.

In the personal information tab you may see your name, address, pan,
date of birth, email and mobile number. You can edit these information if
there is any change. You can also give two mobile numbers

In the filing status section, at column A19 you have to choose the
employer category. For private employees it would be others.

Go through the column A20-A22. Most of you dont need to change

the default.

You have to select an option in the column 23. For 99% people it
would be No

The A27 and A28 gives you the option to provide the Adhaar
number. Adhaar number will make the e-Filing process easier.

Income Details - tab you need to use the form 16. Go through the instruction of
every column.
B1- you have to fill the taxable income from the head salaries. Refer to column
6 of form 16.
B2- This column for those assesse who has taken home loan or earning rent
from the house property. Choose the type of property accordingly.
Note, if you have more than one property to mention, you must use the ITR
form 2A.
Fill the income from house property. If you are earning rent, fill the 70% of
earned amount in this column. If you are paying interest on home loan fill it in
this column.
In case of home loan you must write the amount in negative (e. g. -85000)
otherwise, your tax will increase instead of decreasing.
B3- This column is for the other income. This other income can be interest on
bank deposit, interest waiver on company loan, ex gratia amount etc.
Investment and expense which are eligible for tax deductions
C1 In this column you have to fill the total amount eligible for tax deduction
under section 80C. You can refer it from the form 16. However, If you could not
tell some 80C investment to your employer, you can add it here. You should
keep the proof with yourself.
Schedule TDS-1
In this section you have to mention the taxes paid. You may find this section
prefilled, as income tax department has data of your taxes paid against the
salary. You should verify it with the form 16.

Schedule TDS -2
In this section you have to fill the tax paid details of other income. However, It
should be pre-filled from the record of income tax department. You should have
form 16A to verify the values in this column. If you dont have any other
income, leave this section blank.

Schedule IT
This section is to include the self assessment tax or advance tax paid by you.
You may have some earning without the TDS. You should pay income tax on
such earning. This section may be also pre-filled, you need to verify only. It is
editable; you can fill your values if required.
The taxes paid and verification tab shows the total tax calculation. In this tab
you will see the payable tax by you according to the given information in the
form. You will also see the value of total taxes paid. The difference of taxes paid
and tax payable should be zero. If not, you may get refund or pay the remaining
income tax.
D17- If you see any value in column 17, hold your income tax return
submission process. Now you need to check the all values once again. If there is
still some tax payable, you need to pay the required tax. You can pay income tax
online within 10 minutes. After the payment of remaining income tax, you need
to mention it in the Sch IT. You can add rows to enter the BSR code, challan
number and amount of recently paid tax.
After the mention of taxes paid, there should be zero in column 17.
D18- If there is any refund, you will see the value in column D18. This refund
process starts after you submit the income tax return form and income tax
department verifies it. You can also check the status of income tax refund.
D19- In this column, you need to give the amount of exempted income. This
income can be of dividend, gratuity, and PF proceeds. Please dont ignore
because it keeps away tax sleuths. Income tax department has an eye on your
bank balance.
Bank Account Details

You are required to give bank account number to get income tax refund. Earlier
it was not mandatory but, now you have to give one bank account number,
whether you get tax refund or not.

Electronic Verification
You need to fill the place and tax / submit the online income return form ITR-1.
Now you have to click at the submit button. If you have filled all the mandatory
columns, the income tax return form would be submitted. After the successful
submission you see the links to e-verify the income tax return.
The e-verification has put an end to the requirement of ITR-V verification. Now
you can easily e-verify the income tax return instantly
A taxpayer may verify his return through Internet Banking or through Aadhar
based authentication process.
Persons using this facility will not be required to submit a signed paper copy of
ITR-Verification form (ITR-V) to CPC Bengaluru.