SAHAJ (ITR-1), ITR-2, SUGAM (ITR-4S) AND ITR-V Substituted for Ass Year 2014-15

INCOME-TAX (FOURTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2014 - AMENDMENT IN RULE 12 and; SUBSTITUTION OF FORMS SAHAJ (ITR-1), ITR-2, SUGAM (ITR-4S) AND ITR-V

NOTIFICATION NO.24/2014 [F.NO.142/2/2014-TPL]/SO 997(E), DATED 1-4-2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax rules, 1962, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (4th Amendment) Rules, 2014.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2014.

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 12,—

(a)		in sub-rule (1), for the figures "2013", the figures "2014" shall be substituted;
(b)		in sub-rule(2), in the proviso after the words and figures "section 115JB" the words "or to give a notice under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 11" shall be inserted;
(c)		in sub-rule (3), in the first proviso,—

(A)

after clause (aab), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(aac)

a person required to furnish the return in Form ITR-5, other than a firm to which clause (aaa) is applicable, shall furnish the return for the assessment year 2014-15 and subsequent assessment years in the manner specified in clause (ii) or clause (iii);";

(B)

for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

"(b)

a person required to furnish the return in Form ITR-7 shall furnish the return for assessment year 2014-15 and subsequent assessment years,—

(A)		in case it is furnished under sub-section (4B) of section 139, in the manner specified in clause (ii);
(B)		in other cases, in the manner specified in clause (i) or clause (ii) or clause (iii):";

(d)		in sub-rule (4), after the words, "report of audit", the words "or notice" shall be inserted;
(e)		in sub-rule (5), for the figures "2012", the figures "2013" shall be substituted.

3. In the said rules, in Appendix-II, for "Forms SAHAJ (ITR-1), ITR-2, SUGAM (ITR-4S) and ITR-V" the "Forms SAHAJ (ITR-1), ITR-2, SUGAM (ITR-4S) and ITR-V" shall be respectively substituted as follows:—

                                                              FORM SAHAJ (ITR-1)

                                                                      FORM ITR-2

                                                            FORM SUGAM (ITR-4S)

                                                                      FORM ITR-V