12 June 2009
No digital signature is not mandatory while filling the return of income. You can even file without digital signature.
In that case you need to follow below mentioned steps; 1. submit the return without digital signature 2. take printout of ackn. i.e ITV-V 3. sign on that 4. courier the same to bangalore income tax office at Income Tax Department , CPC, Post Box No - 1, Electronic City Post Office, Bangalore - 560100, Karnataka within thirty days after the date of transmitting the data electronically. Please note No Form ITR-V shall be accepted in any other office of the Income-tax Department or in any other manner.
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