COMPARISION BETWEEN INCOME TAX FORMS SAHAJ AND SARAL

As you know a new income tax form called SAHAJ replaced SARAL income tax form from the financial year 2011-12 for filing the income tax return of ITR-1. Earlier ITR1 is to be filled in the form SARAL which is replaced by a colorful presentation form SAHAJ which is better in many aspects from SARAL. Like in sahaj there is a facility of mention PAN number on all the pages, instructions are given of every page, there is a large combo type boxes on all pages and much more. So there is a comparison of sahaj and saral which will tell boh forms quality and which one is better.

Key Features/Attributes	SAHAJ	SARAL
Presence of Bar Codes for Automatic Classification	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
of Income Tax Returns in a Bulk Processing Set up
Presence of Registration Marks for Identifying the	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
size, orientation of the document during scanning
and data entry process
Use of Dropout Ink to reduce Interference during	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Data Capture
PAN No. on all Pages. This is for traceability of	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
every page during document Preparation works
which involves Stapling and Unstapling the returns
Use of OMR Fields for Automatic Recognition	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILABLE
Use of Whole Rupee Method Boxes	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Automatic Data Validation with prefixated number	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
of boxes
Use of Separate Negative Boxes to make sure that	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Taxpayer�s don�t fill Negative values in Positive
Fields
Large Combo Type Boxes for First Name and other	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
fields
Instruction Built in the form	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Simplification of Address Field	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Schedule AIR	NOT AVAILBLE	AVAILABLE
Mobile no.	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Provision for Official Phone Number	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Tax Status Field to know whether Tax Refundable,	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Tax Payable etc for Processing Priority
Separate Parts for Gross Total Income and	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Deductions
Unique Legends present in the Form helping in	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Identification of zone around a field
Bank Account Details	Mandatory for every	Only for Refund
	one	cases
Entering 0 in Gross Total Income if the value is	Absent, Taxpayer	AVAILABLE
negative	can fill Negative
	Value
Income Tax Ward/Circle	AVAILABLE	AVAILABLE
Simplification of TDS1, TDS2, IT Schedules	YES	NO
Number of columns to be filled in Sch TDS1	4	8
Provision of Supplementary Sch TDS1, TDS2, IT	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Schedules for using after exhausting the fields
available in the form
Reordering Sch TDS2 at the end so that the	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
supplementary Sheet act as a continuation
Linkages to FORM 26 AS to Verify and Fill the forms	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
Account No. Size	17	15
Separate Section of Stamping Receipt No and Seal.	AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILBLE
A bar coded Receipt No. can also be envisaged in
the present setup

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