So you heard a modified : Fill it, File it, Sign it, Forget it
Fill it. You are ready with all your ingredients for the Filing. The Get Ready pack. Wait, you can’t file straightaway. You need to fill the tax return form suited to you.
Manual form filling allowed for super senior citizens (80 plus) and that too only if its Form 1. That means for such option, I will fill a form manually and go to my tax ward at income tax office and deposit my return there and take an acknowledgement. Its the old way we all used to do
So majority of us have to file our tax returns online. That means logging on to our tax account on tax portal and filing. First filling. So every year on the tax portal a utility for filling form is provided. I can fill online when I am logged in to my tax account or can download utility and fill it at leisure and then file. Sometimes I am wishing to suggest to use the services or help of a tax professional, though you may mostly be able to do it yourself.
File it: So once filled, utility will check it is properly filled and point out for any errors. Till you sort errors, you need to keep checking and return wont be filed till its error free. You will login to your tax portal and file.
Sign it: Its called e-sign. You can do a manual sign on filed acknowledgement and send by post to tax office, or more easy, do a e-verification, by the bank otp or dsc or aadhar otp
Forget it. I filed my return. I did my responsibility as an honest citizen. I can go to sound sleep. Just if I have a tax refund due, I can wait for a bright morning when tax department gives refund to my bank after my return is processed by them