IT e-Filing Made Easy

1. Go to the site http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/

2. Click on the link eFile-Income Tax Return (see snagit below) at the top-left of the home page.

3. Register urself once with the help of your PAN No. Your PAN No. will be your lifetime user Id for eFiling.

4. From the TAB e-Filing A.Y. 2009-10, select Individual – It will get u the ITR-1 Utility Excel sheet    

5. With the help of your Form 16, fill the details in the XLS sheet. Basically you need to upload all the data(salary, tax details) from your Form 16 to the xls sheet.

6. Once the sheet is filled, click on the button Generate XML present on the sheet. This will generate a XML file based on the data filled in the ITR 1 form above. Save the file on your machine.

7. Now go back to the site once again and Log - In with the user id/ Passwd generated previously.

8. Under Submit Return select assessment year as A.Y. 2009-10   

9. It will ask you to upload the xml file. Upload the xml file generated from the previous step.

10. Once the upload is successful, go to My Accounts->My Returns menu. Here you will get your digitally signed acknowledgement of ITR.

Its very simple, very convenient and should be known to every tax payer of India.