one should maintain the list of the tax saving investments made 8 carried forward losses one may forget to consider the carried forward losses of the previous years we should always check whether any losses carried forward to the current assessment year is considered as it may reduce the income chargeable to tax and in turn reduce the tax liability 9 details of tax deducted at source tds and income included in the return in case of tax deducted at source tds ensure that the details like tax deduction account number tan along with other details of the payer of income are as per the tds certificate to avoid disallowances from ao in future further one should even check the tax credit available and the correctness of income included in the return by viewing the form 26as to avoid any error 10 online return submission online filing can be done with or without digital signature but for those filing it without using the digital signature it is mandatory to submit the itrv form generated online to the income tax officials at bangalore within the prescribed time 11 maintenance of documents of the details disclosed in the return one is not relieved just by filing the return proper maintenance of documents of the details filed in the return in our records is equally essential for future i hope that some of these simple yet important tips mentioned above would make the tax return filing process hassle free we wish you happy filing the author is senior tax professional ernst young the views expressed are personal