Income Tax: Keep these 6 key documents on hand before submitting your ITR

ITR 2025: Less than three weeks remain before the last date to submit the Income Tax Return (ITR) for FY 2024-25, as the government set as the deadline on September 15. At present, taxpayers must arrange all necessary documents before submitting the return, either alone or using a chartered accountant or tax practitioner. Interestingly, from August 26, 2025, the Income Tax (IT) website revealed that more than 3.75 crore yields had already been submitted for FY 2024-25. From this, more than 2.37 crore ITRs have already been processed. These are some of the important documents you need for your ITR filing. ITR 2025: Documents you need I. Pan linked to Aadhaar: Although it is self -evident, let’s say it again. You need a pan connected to Aadhaar to submit your income tax return. Ii. Form 16: This is the certificate issued by the employer to the taxpayer, which contains details of tax deducted during the year at the Source (TDS). Iii. Form 26as: This is a statement of all the details of TDS, taxes collected at the source (TCS) and the taxpayer pays by the taxpayer. Iv. AIS (Annual Information Statement): It contains details about a taxpayer, including income, financial transactions and tax information. Taxpayers can download the AIS on the e-filing of income tax. Before submitting the income tax return, it is advisable to investigate all reported income in Form 26As and annual Information State (AIS) to avoid errors. V. Capital Gains P&L statement: If you invest in shares and mutual funds and have sold some of them during the year, you must download a P&L (profit and loss) of a broker’s website, such as Zerodha or Groww, to calculate capital gain. If you have invested in Crypto platforms, you must download statements from the various platforms to calculate capital gains. VI. Interest certificate: In addition, taxpayers must download the interest certificate of banks for savings, repetitive and fixed deposits. Also, make sure you have access to the mobile connection connected to your aadhair. After submitting the return, an OTP will be sent to this network for verification of ITR. Visit here for all updates for personal finance