File Income-tax return for 2024 (2024)

The main stages of individual Income tax return are:

1. File Income Tax (Last date 31st July) on myITreturn.com or incometax.gov.in
2. eVerify your return
3. ITD will check / process your return and issue refund / notice for mismatch in their calculation with yours or if their is a mismatch in the income reported.

If you are a myITreturn user and have filed your return through myITreturn, you simply have to login to your myITreturn web or app account and check the status of your tax filings on the Filer Dashboardpage.

Follow these steps to check if you have filed your Income tax return from somewhere else.

1. Login to Income-tax portal - click here.
2. From the top menu, select e-File ›Income Tax Return › View Filed Returns.
3. You will find the list of the years when you have filed your Income-tax return.
4. Here is a detailed step wise guide for you to refer to above steps: click here.

If you have missed the deadline and not filed your return, you still have the option to file your return by requesting the Income Tax Department to allow you to file your Income-tax return. You can do it online or offline.

• Online Process

1. You can raise a condonation request from your Income-tax portal login and if the income-tax Department finds your reason as genuine, you will be allowed to file your return.

• Offline process

1. You can write a letter to PCIT/PCCIT/CBDT and request them to allow you to file your return. Make sure that the reason mentioned for non-filing should be genuine and it should be acceptable to the authorities.

For a detailed guide on this you can read the article here.

ITR-V stands for the “Income-tax Return- Verification" form.

After filing the Income-tax return, the Department verifies your submission and generates ITR-V as an acknowledgement of filing the return. After receiving ITR-V, the same is to be e-verified.

You can check the status of your Income-tax refund for any particular year from this link - click here.

You need to check what is the current status of your return first. Refer this guide to check status - click here. If there is no such relevant update, you are suggested to raise a grievance with the Income-tax Department to process it soon. You can contact the Income-tax Department from this page - click here. You can also opt for Expert assistance with myITreturn.

To check if you have received any notice, follow these steps. First, login to the Income-tax portal - click here. Then after you login, from the top menu, select Pending Actions > e-proceedings. You will find the list of all the years for which you have filed. You can check each year to see if you have received any Income Tax Notice.

You might have also got a notice for some non compliance.To check that follow these steps. Login to Income-tax portal - click here. Once you login, from the top menu, select Pending Actions > compliance portal. Select the year to check if you have any compliance pending from DIT.

Notice in Income Tax means any communication or letter issued by the Department of Income Tax informing you about the error or omission or misrepresentation or evasion or misreporting done by you. It can be for incorrect reporting or non reporting.

You can primarily receive the following kind of notices.

1. Section 139(9): Defective Income Tax Return.
2. Section 142(1): Notice for Preliminary Enquiry before an assessment (non filers) & documentary proof (Filers).
3. Section 143(2): if assessee fails to comply with the notice received u/s 142(1).
4. Section 148: Income escaped assessment.
5. Section 156: Notice of Demand
6. Section 245: Refund adjusted against the tax demand.

First, do not panic. It is only a notice.

Then you can read our guides on notices and try to resolve yourself or you can opt for myITreturn’s Notice Assistance Service. You can opt for notice assistance from here

E-filing API gateway is expected to start in May 2022 for the FY 2021-22. You can check the status of your FY 2021-22 filing from your myITreturn’s dashboard page inside login. If you have filed from outside, you can check the status from the Income-tax portal login.

You can start preparing your Income-tax Return right away from myITreturn. E-filing API gateway is expected to start in May 2022 for the FY 2021-22. Post this, your return will be submitted and you will get your Acknowledgment .

Self e-filing fees for myITreturn users starts from Free. You can check all pricing from this page - click here. You can also, opt for assisted services, starting from Rs.1,500 plus taxes. Detailed pricing is mentioned on the same page.

With myITreturn.com it takes less than 20 mins to file a return on an average. We have in-built intelligence to speed up the process while maintaining the accuracy of the return.

Once your return is prepared, it is auto-reviewed by our system for accuracy and invalid information if any. Also, you will be prompted for the OTP authentication to auto-submit the return. For the handsfree cases (no issue cases), where OTP is submitted, it will be almost instant filing and you will get the acknowledgment (ITR-V). On an average, it will take 10 mins to get acknowledgements from the Income-tax Department after users submit and authorise the return from their side.

Following is the list of suggested documents required for filing of return.

1. Your PAN card.
2. Your aadhar card.
3. Your Form 16 (For salary earners).
4. You bank statement (For interest income).
5. Interest income & TDS certificate issue by banks.
6. Your Annual Information statement/Taxpayer information Statement.
7. Your Form 26AS.
8. Your Investment details are eligible for tax deductions like children’s school tuition fees, LIC receipt etc.
9. Home loan interest certificate (For Interest deduction).

Yes, e-filing is available through our mobile app in 9 Indian languages. You can download the app from here

There are many reasons to choose myITReturn. Here are some of the reasons:

• myITreturn is registered with the Income-tax Department as an eReturn Intermediary to help citizens file their Income tax returns.
• myITreturn web and mobile app makes the tax filing process very easy and accurate.
• Trusted by over 2 million registered users and over 1 million registered app users across the globe.
• The first Income-tax return in India was filed using our software.
• We had developed this software for the Income-tax Department. The first tax filing app was launched by us.
• myITreturn app is amongst the winners of Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation challenge, awarded by the Government of India.

Yes, myITreturn is registered with the Income-tax Department, Government of India as a registered e-Return Intermediary (ERI) having ERI ID ERIP000249.

You can login to your Income-tax portal and check amongst the list of ERIs. Follow this guide on how to check this - click here.

myITreturn portal makes the tax filing process very easy and accurate for you.

All returns go through numerous checks to ensure accuracy. It prepares your return basis the information entered by you in the electronic format as needed by the Income-tax Department. The same is then submitted to the Income-tax Department electronically and you receive the acknowledgement (ITR-V) for the same. Once a return is submitted, it allows you to e-verify the same from its platform itself. Further, it provides you with the status of your refund also from the same login of yours in myITreturn. Above all it guides you through the process of tax filing and will help you file or solve a tax filing or post tax filing problem for you. Click hereto start your tax return

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