new delhi mar 31 the government today notified a simpler onepage form for filing income tax returns while making it mandatory to quote aadhaar number and disclose bank deposits of more than rs 2 lakh post demonetisation the income tax return form1 sahaj will replace the 7page form removing a plethora of columns on deductions from income claimed sahaj can be filed by an individual having income of up to rs 50 lakh from salary house property and interest currently sahaj itr 1 is filed by salaried employees and itr 2 by individuals and hufs whose income does not include income from business the government has done away with form itr 2a used by individuals hufs not having income from business or profession and capital gains and by those who do not hold foreign assets sahaj makes quoting of 12digit biometric identifier aadhaar number mandatory along with permanent account number pan and also seeks details of cash in excess of rs 2 lakh that was deposited in bank accounts in the 50day post demonetisation window itr 2 and itr 3 have a schedule al requiring assessees to declare their assets and liabilities at the end of the fiscal only 6 crore out of 29 crore persons having pan file income tax returns at present the efiling facility for itr1 is enabled from april 1 and itrs can be filed till the stipulated deadline of july 31 while the old itr form too had column to quote aadhaar the government has through an amendment to the income tax act this week made quoting it mandatory the central board of direct taxes has notified income tax return forms itr forms for the assessment year 201718 one of the major reforms made in the notified itr forms is the designing of a one page simplified itr form1 sahaj cbdt said in a statement in the new form parts relating to tax computation and deductions have been rationalised and simplified for easy compliance besides personal details an income tax filer needs to disclose only his income from salary or pension one house property and other sources like interest thereafter deduction claims are to be stated followed by computation of taxable income bank details are to be filled in the column following that details of advance tax selfassessment tax payments and tax deducted at source come next in the column for providing bank details cash deposited in excess of rs 2 lakh during november 9 to december 30 2016 has to be mentioned the rationalised itr will reduce the compliance burden to a significant extent on the individual tax payer the cbdt said adding that the move would benefit more than two crore taxpayers who will be eligible to file their return of income in this simplified form instead of 20 columns of deductions in the old form only four deductions claims in respect of section 80c 80d 80g and 80tta need to be filled simultaneously the number of itr forms have been