Submit Response if you have not filed your ITR regularly

If the taxpayer received a notice for non-filing of income tax return from ITD for particular Assessment Year (AY), first understand that why you have received notice. Afterwards, the taxpayers will simply need to logon the e-Filing portal to submit the online response on the issue

Perform the following steps to submit the response:

Step 1 Logon to 'e-Filing' Portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Step 2 Go to the 'Compliance' menu located at upper-right side of the page ⇒ Click 'View and Submit Compliance'
Step 3 Go to the 'Filing of Income Tax Return' tab
Step 4 The taxpayer can choose one of the following response options:

• ITR has been filed

Perform the following steps if you've already filed the ITRs:
Step a Perform the same steps from Step 1 to Step 3
Step b Select the option 'ITR has been filed' present under 'Response' column
Step c Select the one of the 'Mode of Filing' option, present under 'Mode' column:

• E-Filed
• Paper Filing Step d Enter the following details:
• Date of filing Return
• Acknowledgement Number
• Circle/Ward and city
• ITR has not been filed,

Perform the following steps if you haven't filed the ITRs yet:

Step a Perform the same steps from Step 1 to Step 3
Step b Select the option 'ITR has not been filed' present under 'Response' column
Step c Select the one of the following reasons, present under 'Reason' column:

• Return Under Preparation
• Business has been closed
• No Taxable Income
• Others - Note: Provide the specific reason under 'Remark' column

Step d Enter the following details:

• Date of filing Return
• Acknowledgement Number
• Circle/Ward and city
Step e Go to the 'Related Information Summary' tab present next to the 'Filing of Income Tax Return'. Select the correct

options for all three Financial Year (FY) under 'Information Relates To' column. Click here to know the description of all options available under 'Information Relates To' column Step 5 Click submit
Step 6 To check the status of the submitted response, Go to the 'Compliance' menu located at upper-right side of the page ⇒ Click 'View Submisison' ⇒ Click 'Compliance Ack Number' ⇒ Click 'Response PDF' Pdf file will get download at your desktop, open the file to view the status.

To know the description of all options available under 'Information Relates To' column For more information

S.No. Options of 'Information Relates To' Column Description

1 Self-Investment/ expenditure is out of exempt income If the third party information relate to investment/expenditure which belongs to the taxpayer and the same is out of accumulated savings.
2 Self-Investment/ expenditure is out of accumulated savings If the third party information relate to investment/expenditure which belongs to the taxpayer and the same is out of accumulated savings.
3 Self-Investment/ expenditure is out of gifts/ loans from others If the third party information relate to investment/expenditure which belongs to the taxpayer and the same is out of gifts/loans from others.
4 Self-Investment/ expenditure is out of foreign income If the third party information relate to investment/expenditure which belongs to the taxpayer and the same is out of foreign income.
5 Self-Income from transaction is exempt If the third party information relate to income/receipts which belongs to the taxpayer and the same is exempt under Income-tax Act, 1961.
6 Self-Income from transaction is below taxable limit If the third party information relate to his option is to be selected if the third party information relate to income/receipts which belongs to the taxpayer and the taxable income there from is below taxable limit under Income-tax Act, 1961.
7 Self-Income from transaction relate to different AY If the third party information relate to income/receipts which belongs to the taxpayer and the same is taxable in a different year as per the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
8 Self-Not Known If the third party information relate to income/receipts which belongs to the taxpayer and there is any other explanation.
9 Other PAN If the third party information relate to another taxpayer. In this case, the PAN of such other taxpayer is to be mandatorily provided.
10 Not Known If the taxpayer has no information about the third party information.
11 I need more information If the taxpayer knows about the third party information but needs more information to submit response