Income Tax

1. Are you a salaried employee with income ONLY from salary? (i.e. no other income frombank fixed deposits, stock/mutual funds dividends/capital gain, rental income, sale of property, bonds interest/capital gain, sale of precious metal, etc)
Response Percent Yes No 19.9% 80.1% answered question skipped question Response Count 142 572 714 1

2. Do you have income from other sources (business, bank FD interest, stock/mutual funds dividends/capital gain, rental income, sale of property, bonds interest/capital gain, sale of precious metal, etc)
Response Percent Yes No 95.7% 4.3% answered question skipped question Response Count 535 24 559 156

3. Do you file income tax return showing income from other sources (business, bank FD interest, stock/mutual funds dividends/capital gain, rental income, sale of property, bonds interest/capital gain, sale of precious metal, etc)?
Response Percent Yes No 92.1% 7.9% answered question skipped question Response Count 477 41 518 197

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4. Are you aware of advance tax (different from TDS) payment rules?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure 74.7% 13.4% 11.9% answered question skipped question Response Count 313 56 50 419 296

5. Do you pay advance tax (different from TDS)?

Response Percent Yes No Not sure 45.3% 51.6% 3.1% answered question skipped question Response Count 190 216 13 419 296

6. Do you know what assets/income attract wealth tax?

Response Percent Yes No Not sure 48.2% 28.6% 23.2% answered question skipped question Response Count 202 120 97 419 296

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7. Are you aware of Annual Information Return (AIR) and how it can affect you?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure 35.3% 48.4% 16.2% answered question skipped question Response Count 148 203 68 419 296

8. Do you view Form 26AS before filing tax returns?

Response Percent Always Never Sometimes 67.8% 14.1% 18.1% answered question skipped question Response Count 284 59 76 419 296

9. Does your Form 26AS TDS credit match with the tax deducted in reality?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure Not applicable 62.8% 11.9% 21.2% 4.1% answered question skipped question Response Count 263 50 89 17 419 296

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10. Do you get Form 16 (salary) and 16A (other than salary) on time and without any hassle, from all the sources that deduct tax on the income?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure Not applicable 60.9% 21.2% 7.9% 10.0% answered question skipped question Response Count 255 89 33 42 419 296

11. Do you file Form 15G/15H to prevent TDS deduction if you dont owe tax?
Response Percent Yes No Not applicable 23.2% 39.4% 37.5% answered question skipped question Response Count 97 165 157 419 296

12. Do you file Form 15G/15H to prevent TDS deduction even though you owe tax?
Response Percent Yes No Not applicable 9.3% 65.9% 24.8% answered question skipped question Response Count 39 276 104 419 296

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13. Did the bank cut TDS even after you submitted Form 15G/15H?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure Not applicable 6.7% 32.7% 8.6% 52.0% answered question skipped question Response Count 28 137 36 218 419 296

14. Do you file tax returns even when your gross income is less than Rs2 lakh?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure Not applicable 30.1% 19.1% 1.2% 49.6% answered question skipped question Response Count 126 80 5 208 419 296

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15. If you are non-salaried professional/business owner/self-employed in Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh, do you pay professional tax of up to Rs2,500 per annum?
Response Percent Yes No Not sure Not applicable 23.9% 17.7% 6.7% 51.8% answered question skipped question Response Count 100 74 28 217 419 296

16. Gender
Response Percent Female Male 9.5% 90.5% answered question skipped question Response Count 54 512 566 149

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17. Age group

Response Percent 20-35 years 36-45 years 46-60 years 61-70 years 70 + years 21.4% 25.1% 29.3% 17.3% 6.9% answered question skipped question Response Count 121 142 166 98 39 566 149

18. State
State

City

Mumbai

Delhi

Bangalore

Hyderabad

Ahmedabad

Chennai

Kolkata

Please Choose

37.5% (212)

3.7% (21)

11.5% (65)

4.8% (27)

1.4% (8)

6.4% (36)

2.5% (14)

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19. Annual family income

Response Percent Less than Rs5 lakh Rs5-10 lakh Rs10-15 lakh Rs15-25 lakh Over Rs25 lakh 20.8% 35.9% 15.2% 16.1% 12.0% answered question skipped question Response Count 118 203 86 91 68 566 149

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