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Before you start filing your Income Tax Return – ITR, you need to know Which ITR form number to fill. Income tax department issues the ITR forms based on:
These ITR Forms will be applicable for a particular financial year. Hence one needs to select the correct ITR Form before filing it.
Although the Income Tax Department (ITD) has prescribed 7 different ITR form number, taxpayers have to choose the one which is applicable to them.
Following ITR Forms are prescribed for Individuals (Non-corporate assessees):
| ITR Form | Description |
| ITR 1 | The most basic ITR form for individuals having income up to Rs. 50,00,000 from or income from salary/pension, one house property, and interest. |
| ITR 2 | For individuals/HUF having income from salary/pension, multiple house property, capital gains, interest, and partner’s income from the partnership firm. |
| ITR 3 | For individuals/HUF having income from salary/pension, multiple house property, capital gains, interest, and income from proprietary business or profession. |
| ITR 4 | For individuals/HUF/Partnership firms having income from presumptive business or profession, salary/pension, one house property, and interest up to Rs. 50,00,000. |
Following ITR Forms are prescribed for corporate assesses:
| ITR-5 | For firms, an association of persons (AOP), Body of Individuals (BOI), co-operative societies, and local authorities. |
| ITR-6 | For companies claim that do not claim an exemption under section 11 (such as a charitable or religious trust). |
| ITR-7 | For trusts, political parties, scientific research organizations, colleges, and universities. |
| Sources of Income | Individual | Individual/ HUF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITR-1 (SAHAJ) | ITR-2 | ITR-3 | ITR-4 (SUGAM) | |
| Salary/Pension income |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Income From One House Property | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Income From Multiple House Property | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Agricultural income exceeding Rs. 5,000/- | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Income from Other Sources | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Winnings from lottery and racehorses | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Capital Gains | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Profit from a Partnership Firm | ✓ | |||
| Proprietary Business/ Profession income | ✓ | |||
| Income from Presumptive Business/ Profession | ✓ | |||
| Income From Foreign Assets | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Tax Relief under sections 90, 90A or 91 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
You need to file ITR-1 if you have only earned a salary income during the year. However, if the salary earned during the year is more than INR 50 lacs then you need to file Income Tax Return Form 2.
Income Tax Return 2 form is applicable if the taxpayer has rental income from 2 properties and interest income.
Even though agriculture income is an exempt income. You need to file Income Tax Return 2. Since ITR-1 cannot be filed if agriculture income exceeds INR 5,000.
A freelancer can file ITR-4 or ITR-3 depending on turnover and profit from business/ profession.
Stock Market trader can file ITR-3 or ITR-4 depending on type of trading, turnover and profit from trading activities.
Hey @TeamQuicko
Thanks for the blog! Just one quick question - Why do we have to report a quarterly breakdown of Dividend Income under IFOS?
Thank you!
I had received dividend recently but I had noticed that TDS had been deducted. any idea as to why has it happened and is there a way I can claim this TDS?
Hey @HarshitShah
After the introduction of Budget 2020, dividend income is now taxable in the hands of the shareholder; and is also subject to TDS at 10% in excess of INR 5000 u/s 194 & 194K. Foreign Dividend is taxable at slab rates. TDS is not applicable to such dividends. The taxpayer should report such income under the head IFOS in the ITR filed on the Income Tax Website.
Hope this helps!
Hey @HarishMehta
Yes, dividend income is now taxable from FY 2021-22 onwards and it has to be reported under the head of IFOS.
You can read more about it here:
Hi @ameyj
The amount of TDS deducted shall reflect in your Form 26AS only and it will also reflect the name of the deductor.
Using the name of the deductor you can find out on which share you have received the dividend and you can also cross-check the same in your bank statement.
Yes, you are right, TDS is to be deducted when the dividend paid exceeds 5000 INR in a financial year. However, the 5,000 INR limit pertains to all the dividends an individual gets in a year, or the total dividend per shareholder that a company pays out in a year, is left to interpretation, and hence registrars and share transfer agents (RTA) are not taking any chances and are deducting TDS even on small amounts.
Hope this helps
Hi @TeamQuicko
Consider that I have 10 shares each of 10 different Indian companies. Each of the 10 companies are declaring a dividend of INR 100 before the FY ends. Now I will be recieving 1000 as dividend from each company, thereby a total of 10,000.
The 5,000 dividend limit, is it applicable to each company / total dividend recieved by me in a year. If it is applicable to each company, then I would not attract TDS of 10% for dividend.
Also pl clarify, how would the company B know that I have got shares of Company A,C,D,E so on…
Hey @Abdul_Kaleem_shah
As per sec.194 of income tax act, TDS liability will arise when the amount of such dividend or the aggregate of the amounts of such dividend distributed or paid or likely to be distributed or paid during the financial year by the company to the shareholder, exceeds 5000 Rs.
Here, the term company not includes aggregate companies and hence limit of 5000 Rs. should be applicable to each company.
Here, you can read below article covering TDS on dividend income:
Since, it is purely based on interpretation and ambiguous as opinion vary from experts.
Thank you @Kaushal_Soni for your interpretation.
Hey @TeamQuicko
I tried to file ITR-3 via Quicko’s integration with Zerodha. While filing the ITR, I got an option to switch to the New Tax regime to save additional taxes.
Since I had some turnover from intraday and FnO (speculative/ business), am I eligible to switch to the new regime through Quicko while filing?
How do I fill the Form 10-IE? If I haven’t filled the form, would the portal preent me from filing returns altogether?
Also, once I get rebate (if opted for new regime) / pay dues (if opted for old regime), do I need to go through the hassles of replicating it on the new ITR portal (i.e manually answering the schedule sections)?
Kind regards
Hi @ChinmayB,
Yes, you can opt for the new tax regime. However, keep in mind in case a taxpayer has business income and they opt for the new tax regime, they can switch to the old tax regime only once.
If you opt for the new tax regime, you need to file Form 10-IE before filing the ITR
Here’s how you can file the Form 10-IE
When filing your ITR through Quicko, you do not need to enter details on the new ITR portal, since Quicko is a ERI (e-return intermediary) registered with the Income Tax Department.
Note: ITR filing will be enabled on Quicko in the coming week. So stay tuned for more exciting features!