ITR 1 Form is filed by the taxpayers and the individuals being a Resident (other than Not Ordinarily Resident) having Total Income up to INR 50 lakhs, having Income from Salaries, One House Property, Other Sources (Interest etc.), and Agricultural Income up to INR 5 thousand. (Not for an Individual who is either a Director in a company or has invested in Unlisted Equity Shares). Also to note down, from now onwards, as mentioned by the tax department, furnishing PAN and Aadhaar card details on the official website of the Income Tax Department is mandatory.
The income tax department has notified ITR forms for taxpayers based on their source of income in order to create a simple tax compliance structure. Therefore, you are required to furnish the return as per the source of your income.
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ITR-1 is filed by taxpayers whose income is up to Rs 50 lakhs from the below-mentioned sources:
As per revised rules under section 234F of the IT Act from 1st April 2017 notifies that an individual is liable to pay a maximum INR 10,000 penalty after missing the 31st July deadline of ITR filing. In case an individual total income does not exceed 5 lakhs then a penalty of only INR 1,000 is applicable.
| Late Income Tax Return Filing Fee Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| E- Filing Date | Total Income Below INR 5,00,000 | Total Income Above INR 5,00,000 |
| Before 31st July 2024 (Non-audit) and 31st Oct 2024 (Audit cases) | INR 0 | INR 0 |
| After 31st July 2024 (Non-audit) and 31st Oct 2024 (Audit cases) | INR 1,000 | INR 5,000 |
ITR 1 is divided into 7 sections where:
Part A – General Information
This tab includes details of the following general fields:
Part B – Gross total income
This tab includes details related to gross total income:
Part B1: Salary/Pension
Part B2: House Property
Part B3: Income from Other Sources
Part B4 – Gross total income (B1 + B2 + B3)
Part C – Deductions u/c VI-A and Taxable total income
This tab includes all the deductions and taxable total income
Here the deduction limit will be as per the income tax act
Part D – Computation of tax payable
This tab includes all the valuation of tax payable
Part E – Other Information
This tab includes banking details
Schedule-IT: IT Details of advance tax and self-assessment tax payments
Schedule-TDS: TDS details of TDS/TCS
Verification
The taxpayer has to verify and self-attest the form at the last by signing the verification content after entering all the details such as name, parent name and PAN details.
An ITR-1 form can be furnished either in online or offline mode. In online mode, either XML needs to be uploaded or the client can directly login to the income tax portal and select the submission mode as “prepare and submit online”. In the case of online filing, some data can be imported from the latest ITR or form 26AS.
Also, super senior citizens (Age of 80 years or more) are exempted from the online filing of ITR.
Offline here means to furnish the return form in paper format.
When you furnish the ITR-1 return form using electronic medium, the receipt will be seen in the inbox of the registered email ID. It can also be downloaded from the official income tax website manually. After downloading the acknowledgement, you need to sign the form and then send it to the CPC office, in Bangalore before completing 120 days from the e-filing date. On the other side, it is not required to send the ITR V to the CPC if the EVC/OTP option is used.
Notice Number: Notice Number is required to be mentioned when the taxpayer furnishes the return in answer to the notice issued by the Income Tax Department.
Revised Return: There is an option of re-file, so if you have made certain mistakes, you can rectify them again. For FY 2022-23, the taxpayer can furnish the revised return on or before 31 December 2023.
Advance Tax: If the tax on other income is above Rs. 10,000 in a year, the assessee is required to calculate and deposit the advance tax. This advance tax is to be paid on a quarterly basis such as in, June, December, September and March.
Annexure-less Return: Annexure-less return which means it doesn’t require affixing any documents with the ITR-1 Form.
No document is needed to be submitted while filing income tax returns. However, one should keep basic documents like Form 16, balance sheet and P and L accounts of the business, shreds of investment evidence, audit reports and so on ready with him/herself. Because in some cases when the income tax department sends notice, these documents are required to be presented before the tax authorities on a later date.
Income from salary’ is the head for levying a tax on pension whereas family pension is taxable under the head ‘Income from other sources.
YEvery income tax assessee has to mandatorily e-file income tax returns. However, there are some exceptions to the standard rule wherein they can submit paper ITR forms and they do not have to file the ITRs online. They are as follows:
When the value of the gifts received from friends on any event except the wedding during a year is Rs 50,000 then the whole amount will attract tax under the head ‘Income from Other Sources’ head.
Note: Gifts are taxed on the total value of all the gifts received in the year and not on the value of the individual gifts.
Details of savings and current accounts which are held during any time of the previous year must be reported in Part E of the ITR form which seeks – other information. The account number must comply with the Bank’s Core Banking Solution (CBS) system. However, one need not provide details of dormant accounts which is not working since 3 years.
Yes, one can file ITR-1 when the agricultural income is not more than Rs 5000. But when it exceeds Rs 5000, one needs to file ITR 2.
No, it is not necessary to file an ITR if the annual income is less than Rs 250,000. But in this case, a ‘Nil Return’ should be filed to upkeep a record which is an employment proof required while applying for a passport or loan.
Yes, dividend income from mutual funds should be included under the head ‘Exempt Income(others)’ as it is an exempt income u/s 10(35).
Yes, you can file ITR-1 if you have a house property loan.
ITR-2 has to be filed if the amount of aggregate exempted income is more than Rs. 5,000. Some incomes are tax exempt as per Section 10 of the Income Tax Act. A few examples of exempt income are as follows:
Yes, you can file ITR-1 if you have a rental income. Refer our guide for the step-by-step process.
Yes, Interest Income should always be mentioned under the head ‘Income from Other Sources’ even when tax has already been subtracted by the bank.
Yes, furnishing the bank details in the ITR is mandatory, regardless of refund is due or not. It is mandatory because many taxpayers pay more taxes than their tax liability. So, to enable the Income Tax Department to send refunds on time, bank account details need to be furnished.
Income tax return forms are available on the official website of the Income Tax Department. Simple steps to download forms are as follows:
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I find your blogs very useful. I do not understand the purpose of TDS. Please explain why is it there? Who is required to fill that in the ITR1?
Please reply. Thank You
Which ITR form to be file for AY:2020-21 if the assessee having income from other source appx 1.5 Lac.
Type of ITR form depends upon your other heads of Income, However if you have only other source income than you can file ITR 1
What should I understand by income from other sources? my income mainly as an adviser/consultant.
If you are giving consultancy as your Business then it should come under the head Business/ profession otherwise as Other Sources.
Is it mandatory to show investments between 01/04/2020 to 31/07/2020 in Schedule DI of IT act for the public sector undertaking bank employees? or will the investments be included electronically at the year-end, so that we can claim the deductions as usual while filing ITR?
If you are claiming deduction of investments made between 01/04/2020 to 31/07/2020 in ITR of AY 2020-21 itself then you have to show the investments in Schedule DI.
Even I have the same question.
Can I ignore the schedule DI part section in ITR-1? I have investments under the 80C category which I'm doing monthly but I am willing to showcase the investment done in April - July 2020 in next year's ITR filing. Is this possible?
If you have not claimed deduction in FY 2019-20 then you can claimed it in FY 2020-21
AY 2020-21 ke liye kya ITR-1 fill karte time ZIP CODE fill karna zaruri hai jabki humne PIN CODE already fill kar rakha hai aur agar zaruri hai toh fir ZIP Code kya hoga hamara.
Zip Code is not required when the PIN code is filled.
Very helpful.
I have retired in April 2019 from a PSU insurance sector (Govt. of India Undertaking) and have got retirement benefits accordingly. Which ITR form shall i file .
Also please let me know whether whole amount of Leave encashment as received on my retirement is tax exempted If it exceeds Rs. Three lakh. if so, under which section of Income Tax. Thanks
Leave encashment received by Central or State Government employee at the time of retirement or resignation is fully exempt. Leave encashment received by any non-government employee is exempt subject to the provisions of section 10(10AA)(ii).
AY 20-21 is not available in the drop-down menu at the E-filing site. WHEN ITR1 FOR AY 20-21 WILL BE AVAILABLE AT EFILING SITE
No ITR forms have been issued till now for AY 20-21. Maybe ITR will be made available up to end of May 2020.
Dear Sir/Mam,
AY 20-21 is not available in the drop-down menu at E filing site as on date, what to select for filing IT Return for FY 2019-20. Please guide.
instructions for filling ITR-1 Sahaj is not found which may be given for download. Also the acknowledgment page.
Yes, Sir AY 2020-21 is not available at the E-filing site as on date. You have to wait for the update from the department/government regarding the filing of IT Return for the FY 2019-20
AY 20-21 is not available in drop down menu at E filing site
Dear Sir/Madam,
For the FY 2019-20, in ITR1, I am not able to enter the professional tax amount. There is no cell/column available to enter this amount. What shall I do?
Please clarify that whether you are a salaried person or pensioner
Why gross total income is not showing in ITR-1?
Gross Total Income Column is given in ITR-1 in column B4
Yes sir, at the E-filing Site AY 2020-21 is still not available
I am a salaried person having capital gains from shares. Which ITR form shall I file?
ITR-2 is applicable in your case.