RCA

Background

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (“CBDT”) had issued Circular No. 3/2009 dated 21st May 2009 providing clarifications on filing of the return of income for the assessment year 2009-2010. As per the circular, a tax payer who is filing returns electronically without a digital signature must submit a hard copy of the Form ITR-V with the Income-tax Authorities within 30 days of uploading the return electronically. The address to which it must be mailed to is as below:

Income-tax Department CPC,
Post Box No – 1,
Electronic City Post Office,
Bengaluru – 560100, Karnataka.

The CBDT had later extended the above time line for filing Form ITR-V in respect of such tax payers to 30th September 2009 or within a period of 60 days of uploading the return electronically, whichever is later.

Press Release dated 27th January 2010

The CBDT vide the current press release, as a one-time measure, has further extended the above time line for filing ITR-V in respect of returns filed electronically without a digital signature on or after 1 April 2009. Form ITR-V can now be filed up to 31 March 2010 or within a period 120 days from the date of electronic uploading, whichever is later.

In cases where email acknowledgement for Form ITR-V is not received by the taxpayer from the CPC Bengaluru, the taxpayer may send another duly signed Form ITR-V by speed post to the above mentioned address.

Source: Press release dated 27th January 2010.