as per budget 2021 proposals you will find it much easier to file your income tax return next year as not only interest and salary income but also capital gains and dividend income can be prefilled in it in case of dividend income above rs 5000 tds is deducted and its details are available in form 26as therefore details of dividend income over rs 5000 can also be prefilled in your itr form besides the interest income from banks and post offices can also get prefilled in your itr formin order to ease compliance for the taxpayer details of salary income tax payments tds etc already come prefilled in income tax returns to further ease filing of returns details of capital gains from listed securities dividend income and interest from banks post offices etc will also be prefilled said the union finance minister nirmala sitharaman in her budget speech to make it easier for taxpayers who efile their return the tax department has been offering the facility of prefilling many details in the itr form the process started with personal information which was taken ones pan card and later included details such as employer details salary and allowances and interest income reported in form 26as and so on at present the income tax department collects relevant information related to transactions of taxpayers from third parties under section 285ba of the incometax act 1961 statement of financial transaction or reportable accountswhether you are filing your itr online or doing it by downloading the xml file you can prefill the form initially the tax department started providing individuals filing their itr1 using the online platform prefilled details which included salary income interest income and tax details later the option of prefilling blank income tax return forms was also offered to those tax payers filing itr2 though the income tax department is trying its best to ease the process for you by offering facility of prefilling the information the taxpayer should cross check the prefilled information