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How to file ITR-1 online

Individual can file ITR-1 either by downloading excel utility from e-filing website or by 'Prepare and Submit Online' without downloading any software.

 
 

While filing your tax return, it is important that you pick the right form to file your income tax return (ITR). This is because if you use the wrong form then your return will be termed as 'defective' by the tax department at the time of processing and you will have file a revised return. 
 
For most salaried individuals, ITR-1 is usually used by them to file their ITR. And for financial year 2018-19, ITR-1 has to be used by those individuals who have income from salary/pension, one house property, and income from other sources. Click here to know which ITR form is applicable for you for FY 2018-19. 
 
However, if you have made capital gains or own one more than one house property, then you are not eligible to file ITR-1. 
 
Documents need to file ITR 
 
Before you start to file your ITR, you should collect the required documents such as Form-16, interest certificates, details of interest earned on all the savings account held with a bank or post office and so on. Click here to know all the documents required to file the ITR. 
 
How to file your return 
 
There are two ways to file ITR-1. One option is to download the form as an Excel utility from the e-filing website, fill in the information required, generate an XML file and then upload it on the income tax department's e-filing website.
 
Another option is to 'Prepare and Submit Online'. Here you do not have to download any software utility as you are required to enter the information directly on to the ITR-1 form online and submit it on the income tax e-filing website. Only those who are eligible to file ITR-1 or ITR-4 can file their return using this option. 
 
To file ITR-1 online on the e-filing website of the income tax, you must be a registered user. Click here to know how you can register on the e-filing website of income tax department. 
 
Once you have registered yourself, you can login to your account to file your ITR. Remember, your user ID is your PAN. After logging in to your account, you are required to select 'Filing of Income Tax Return' and you will be re-directed to a new page where you will have to select the following from the drop down menu: 
 
• Assessment year - 2019-20
• ITR Form No. - ITR-1
• Filing Type - Original/Revised Return
• Submission mode - 'Prepare and Submit Online'
 
Don't forget to select the pre-valdiated bank account where you wish to receive your income tax refund, if any. Also, Select the bank accounts that are to be reported in while filing ITR. In case you have closed any of your bank account in previous FY then, you don't need to select that account. Select the tick box below if you wish to file your ITR using a form in Hindi language. 
 
In the ITR-1 form, your PAN, name and date of birth will be pre-filled. Certain information such as address, mobile number, email ID and tax details from Form-26AS will be pre-filled. But if you spot any error in these fields, then you can edit them. 
 
In a bid to make ITR filing process easier for taxpayers, the department has started providing pre-filled returns to the taxpayers filing their tax return using ITR-1 on the online platform. The platform will have pre-filled information with 
 
If there is no change from last year in the information related to nature of employment, type of house property, bank details and tax relief under section 89, you can also select any or all of this information to be pre-filled, as applicable. 

 
 

The online ITR-1 form on the website is divided into seven tabs: 
 
General Instructions
Part - A General Information
Computation of Income and Tax
Tax Details
Taxes Paid & Verification
Donations -80G
Donations - 80GG
 
Before you start filling the form, it is important that you read the 'General Instructions'. This will help you to know the format in which you are supposed to enter the data. For example, dates have to be entered in DD/MM/YYYY format. 
 
Part- A General Information
 
In this part of ITR-1, you are required to provide general information such as name, PAN and so on. Most of these details as mentioned above will be pre-filled. You must check and ensure that these are correct. 
 
If there is a mistake in any of the editable fields (mobile, email ID, address) then enter the correct information. Ensure that you have correctly selected the nature of employment and section under which return is filed, i.e., 139 (1) - On or before Due Date. 
 
Once you have checked and filed all the information in all the required boxes, next step will be fill in the details of income - from salary, house property and other sources, as applicable. 
 
Once income details and tax-saving benefits are declared. Your tax payable amount will be calculated automatically by the portal. 
 
The fifth section is Taxes Paid and Verification. Here check the final calculations of tax and ensure that all the bank accounts that you have previously selected are showing. Select the option using which you wish to verify your income tax return. Click here to know the 6 ways to verify your income tax return. Once you click on 'Submit'., the e-filing website will re-direct you to the option select by you for verifying your ITR. 
 
If you have made any chartiable donations during FY 2018-19, then you are required to such donations to claim tax benefit in sixth or seventh tax as applicable. 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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