Filing of Income Tax returns is a legal obligation of every person whose total income for the previous year has exceeded the maximum amount that is not chargeable to income tax under the provisions of the I.T Act, 1961. Income Tax Department has introduced a convenient way to file these returns online using the Internet. The process of electronically filing your Income tax returns through the Internet is known as e-filing of returns.

E-filing offers convenience of time and place to tax payers. This facility is available round the clock and returns could be filed from any place in the world. It also eliminates/ reduces interface between assessee and tax officials. The procedure of e- filing is explained on the home page of the website.

Visit ITD e-filing website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in Select appropriate type of Return Form based on Sources of Income and status of taxpayer. Download the excel based utility from the ITD e-filing website. Fill your return offline in the downloaded excel sheet and generate a XML file. Register your PAN on the ITD e-filing website, if you are using it for the first time. User id / Login id will be the PAN itself. After successful registration an activation link will be sent to your registered email id. Upon activation you can avail various facilities available on e-filing website including submission of income tax return. After login, click on "Submit Return". Select the AY and type of form to be uploaded. Browse to select XML file for uploading in the ITD e-filing website and click on "Upload" button.

Click on the forget password link from the login page in ITD e-filing website. In the password reset page, one of the following can be selected by the taxpayers: Enter the answer to the secret question , taxpayer has entered in the registration details. OR Enter the A.Y. and acknowledgement number of any of earlier e-filed return by the taxpayer since A.Y. 2007-08. Enter the new password twice and also the CAPTCHA CODE appearing on the screen. Click on Reset Password to reset the password of your user id.

Kindly try again and if the problem persist, kindly send a email request to efiling@incometaxindia.gov.in with the following details required for registration PAN First Name Middle Name Last Name Date of Birth/Date of Incorporation Father's First Name Father's Middle Name Father's Last Name Address Phone Address Email id