Guide to file ITR-1

Guide to file ITR-1

Income Tax

The first part of ITR-1 is general information. Here you need to give your personal details. Here you are required to give your communication details so that department can communicate queries, notices, demands etc with you.

Let's discuss the matters that you need to provide in schedule "General information"



  1. PAN:Enter your PAN number.
  2. Name: Fill your name as per PAN.
  3. Date of birth: Enter your date of birth as per PAN
  4. Aadhaar:Linking of Aadhaar is mandatory now. Provide your aadhaar number.
  5. Mobile/Email:Please keep in mind that mobile and email belongs to you. You will be in touch with department through the mobile number or email.
  6. Address:Provide your residential address. Any communications issued by the department will dispatch to this address. If you are not in India provide such address of any representative who can receive notices of department.
  7. Category of Employment: Select category of employment you are in. 
  8. Are you a government(central/state) employee? if yes, tick on'Government'
  9. Indian government owns the companies where public are interested. If your are in employment where government has the share of at least 51% ( bharat petroleum, Gas authority), tick on PSU.
  10. If you are employee of private company or you are not in the employment in any of the above, tick on others.
  11. Filing under section: Generally income tax return is file under section 139 of the act. Sub sections to this section deals with the different cirmumstances of filing of return. You have to tick on any of the following.
  12. Section 139(1) applies if you are filing your return before 31st July.
  13. Section139(4) deals with the filing of return after due date.
  14. Section139(5) applies if you are revising your return which has already been filed.
  15. Tick 119(2)(b) if any notice has been issued by the department to file return.
  16. If you are filing a revised return or in persuance of order of department, you have to provide the detail of earlier return. Please provide the following details.

a. Acknowledgement of earlier return

b. Date of filing of original return

c. Provide Order number, date of issue of order if you are filing return in response to the notice.


Hope this helps you.