assessee death
Ishwar Saini (33 Points)
13 December 2018Ishwar Saini (33 Points)
13 December 2018
Sarath Rajendran
(Nil)
(2791 Points)
Replied 13 December 2018
Step 1 – Go to income tax department efiling portal.
Step 2 – Login to e-filing portal using legal heir credentials
Step 3 – Go to My Account and register as Representative.
Step 4 –
(i) Select the type of Request – New Request
(ii) Select the Add/Register as representative – “Register yourself on behalf of another person”.
(iii) Select the category to register as Estate of deceased.
Step 5 –
Fill the following details in the page appeared :
The Documents required are as follows:
a. Copy of Death Certificate
b. Copy of the PAN Card of the deceased
c. Self-Attested PAN card Copy of the Legal heir
d. Legal Heir Certificate. (As described above)
The size of the zip file must not exceed 1 MB.
(iii) Click submit and you will get the Acknowledgement from the department with a transaction ID.
Below are the screenshot of the income tax website of the above process explained.
manish
(student)
(35 Points)
Replied 09 February 2019
In the case of death of the person, the legal representative of the deceased person shall be treated as Assessee [Section 2(7) of Income Tax]. Representative shall be liable to pay tax and file income tax returns.