IT professionals
A job switch, a stock grant that vested, a house you rent: a salary can look simple on payslips and still end up as a return with several parts. Here is what usually turns up and how it is handled.
In short
Several employers in a year, stock-based pay, assets abroad and a choice of regime.
Who this is for
Each employer issues its own Form 16 and deducts tax as if you earned only their salary. Your return has to add them up, and the tax you owe or get back is worked out on the total.
When stock vests or you exercise options, its value is taxed as part of your salary and shows in your Form 16. A later sale is a separate matter and is taxed as a capital gain.
Shares of a foreign company, a foreign brokerage account or a bank account outside India all have to be reported, and income from them is taxed here when you are a resident.
House rent allowance helps only in the old regime. The new regime gives a standard deduction of ₹75,000 on salary but no HRA claim. Which one is lower depends on your numbers.
After a switch, the second employer may not know what the first paid. Compare the total tax deducted with the tax on your total income before you file.
Count the stock once as salary when it vests and again, only for the change in price, when you sell it.
Assets or income outside India mean ITR-1 is not available to you. Keep year-end statements for each account.
The due date for most salaried returns is 31-Jul-2026.
Income or assets outside India, a remittance from abroad and tax on start-up stock options that is deferred to a later year are filed by a verified TaxCare Tax Expert, not through self-filing. The price is shown before you book.
See Tax Expert servicesOpen the filing guide that matches the way you earn.
Salary from one or more employers, with TDS, interest and deductions.
Capital gains, more than one house, income above ₹50,00,000 — no business income.
Parents, spouse, grown-up children — every PAN at home from one account.
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Once. One return covers every employer of the year, using each Form 16 and your AIS.
The value at vesting is part of salary in your Form 16. A sale shows up later as a capital gain.
That return goes to a Tax Expert in TaxCare, because foreign assets and income need disclosures that self-filing does not cover.
Site and transfer allowances, several Form 16s and consulting income on the side.
Delivery, driving and content income: business or salary, presumptive tax and refunds.
Capital gains on shares and funds, F&O and intraday, dividends and losses.
Salary, pension, perquisites and retirement benefits for public-sector staff.
Salary with perquisites such as concessional loans, commission income and interest.
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