User Guide For Investment Proof
User Guide For Investment Proof
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Preface
About this Manual
This manual provides guidelines for the user on EPSF – Employee can fill all the details like
personal details, Previous employment, House Rent Receipt Submission (HRA), Housing
loan/House Property Income or Loss, Other income (Bank interest, etc.), Tax saving
Investments Under Section 80C, Other Permitted Exemptions successfully in the application
Document Conventions
In this manual, certain words are represented in different fonts, sizes.
Bold indicates the name of menu items, options, dialog boxes, windows and functions.
Additionally this document has different strategies to draw User attention to certain pieces
of information. In order of how critical information is to your system, these items are marked
as a note, tip.
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Table of Contents
Login to the application ............................................................................................................. 9
Employee selects Tax regime before filling the EPSF Details ............................................... 11
For employees who has opted for New Tax Regime ............................................................ 13
For employees who has opted for Old Tax Regime .............................................................. 13
Employee clicks HRA tab and fills the details in the application .......................................... 19
Employee fills Housing loan/House Property Income or Loss details in the application......... 21
Employee fills House Property Income/(Loss) - Let Out Property (Sec 24(b)) ..................... 22
Employee fills Interest on Housing Loan-Self Occupied Property (Sec 24(b)) details .......... 32
Employee can fill the specific application through the quick jump option .......................... 35
Employee fills the Other Income (Bank Interest, etc.) details in the application ................ 36
Employee fills the Ded. Under Section 80C to 80CCD details in the application ..................... 38
Employee fills Deduction under Life Insurance Pension Scheme (Sec 80CCC)] form .......... 39
Employee fills the Public Provident Fund details in the form .............................................. 41
Employee fills the Children Education Expenses details in the form ................................... 42
Employee fills the National saving certificate details in the form ........................................ 43
Employee fills the Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme details in the form ..................................... 47
Employee fills the Accrued NSC Interest details in the form ............................................... 48
.........................................................................................................................................48
Employee fills the Mutual Funds / ULIP details in the form ................................................ 49
Employee fills the Employees contribution towards NPS details in the form ..................... 50
Employee fills the Ded. Under Chapter VI A (Section 80D to 80 U) in application .................. 51
Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium (Sec 80D) details in the form .......................... 52
Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium for parents (sec 80D) details in form .............. 53
Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium paid for senior Citizen (Parents) details in form.
......................................................................................................................................54
Employee fills Medical for Handicapped Dependents (Sec 80DD) details in form .............. 55
Employee fills Medical for Handicapped Dependents (severe disability) (Sec 80 DD) details
......................................................................................................................................56
Employee fills Medical for Specified Diseases (Sec 80DDB) details in the form .................. 57
Employee fills Medical for Specified Diseases for Senior Citizen (Sec 80DDB) details ........ 58
Employee fills Interest Paid on Higher Education Loan (Sec80E) details in form ................ 59
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Login Page ................................................................................................................... 9
Figure 2: Login (password page) ................................................................................................ 9
Figure 3: Employee clicks the Submit tax proof submenu....................................................... 10
Figure 4: Employee selects Tax Regime ................................................................................... 11
Figure 5: Employee click the Start button................................................................................ 12
Figure 6: Employee fills Personal details ................................................................................. 14
Figure 7: Confirmation dialog box, click Yes to proceed .......................................................... 14
Figure 8: Employee adds the family member details and clicks save and proceed button..... 15
Figure 9: Confirmation dialog box ........................................................................................... 16
Figure 10: Employee selects the question from list................................................................. 16
Figure 11: Employee views the clarification for the question ................................................. 17
Figure 12: Employee clicks Support action .............................................................................. 18
Figure 13: Employee fills HRA Details ...................................................................................... 19
Figure 14: Employee click Ok to save the HRA Details ............................................................ 20
Figure 15: Employee uploads the attachment ......................................................................... 20
Figure 16: Employee selects Document Type .......................................................................... 21
Figure 17: Employee fills House Property Income/(Loss) details ............................................ 22
Figure 18: Employee adds another let out column ................................................................. 24
Figure 19: Employee clicks Yes button..................................................................................... 25
Figure 20: Employee views the Summary of Investment Proof Submitted & click Yes .......... 26
Figure 21: Employee adds the signature in the form .............................................................. 29
Figure 22: Confirmation dialog box appears ............................................................................ 29
Figure 23: Employee views the Summary of Investment Proof Submitted & click No ........... 30
Figure 24: Employee fills Housing Loan-Self Occupied Property details ................................. 32
Figure 25: Employee Fills Interest on Interest House property (Sec 80EE) .............................. 33
Figure 26: Employee fills 80EEA ............................................................................................... 34
Figure 27: Employee selects the required application from list .............................................. 35
Figure 28: Employee fills the Other income application.......................................................... 36
Figure 29: Employee click Ok Button ....................................................................................... 37
Figure 30: Employee fills the Deduction under life insurance pension scheme ...................... 39
Getting Started
Login to the application, employee must view the various tabs as displayed in the screenshot
below.
• Expand Tax & Reimbursement menu and click Submit tax proof submenu, this will be
navigated to the Investment Proof Submission page as shown in the below screenshot.
Screen will prompt you to choose the tax regime once again. Irrespective of which Tax Regime
you opted earlier, you will have option to change it now. Hence, use the Dynamic Calculator
and decide on which Tax Regime suits you. Once you chose the Tax Regime, update your
investment then you cannot change your Tax Regime
• Employee views the Regime Declaration page along with the general guidelines and
selects either Old or New Tax Regime.
• Employee views the Investment Proof Submission page along with the general guidelines
and clicks the Start button.
Note:
Two start buttons are available in the Investment Proof Submission page as shown above.
Employee can click any of the start button to proceed further.
Note:
Employee who has opted New Tax Regime at the time of Investment declaration or Proof
submission in the current financial year, employee will be able to see ONLY below 3 sections
in the Proof submission module:
1. Previous Employment tab (In case employee has joined after April 2020).
2. Housing Loan tab - House Property Income/(Loss) - Let Out Property (Sec 24(b))
3. Other Income tab – Other Income (Bank Interest, etc.)
Note:
Employee who has opted New Tax Regime, employee will be able to see ONLY below 3
sections in the Proof submission module:
1. Previous Employment tab (In case employee has joined after April 2021).
2. Housing Loan tab - House Property Income/(Loss) - Let Out Property (Sec 24(b))
3. Other Income tab – Other Income (Bank Interest, etc.)
Important Note:
Please choose your regime carefully as you will not be able to change your
regime for this financial year again after clicking “Ok to proceed”. Once you
click “Ok to proceed”, you will be re-directed to the investment proof
submission page and supporting documents based on your regime selection
will be required to be submitted. In case of doubt, please use the dynamic tax
calculator to check which regime best suits you and then select the regime.
• Once employee clicks the start button, it will be navigated to Personal details page as
shown above.
• Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory personal information in the form.
• Employee clicks the Save button.
• A Confirmation dialog box appears; click the Ok button to save personal details
successfully.
Figure 8: Employee adds the family member details and clicks save and proceed button
1. Once the No. of children / Mobile Number / Residence Address are entered by an
employee in the first screen, then once the personal details are saved, employee iseligible
to add the family member details as shown above.
Note: Updating Family details are required to be updated for claiming few of the exemptions
like LIC, Children Education Expense etc.
• A Confirmation dialog box appears; click the Ok button to save personal and family
details successfully.
• Employee can select the question from questions list, for which he/she needs clarification.
• If employee selects the question, then the answer for that particular question reflects as
shown above.
• Employee clicks Support option as shown in Figure 8: Employee adds the family member
details and clicks save and proceed button to search a question for which he/she needs
clarification.
• Employee can type the key word and the result appears as shown above.
• Employee can select the question from the list.
• Once employee saves the personal details, then the remaining sections such as HRA,
Housing loan, Other Income (Bank Interest, etc.), Ded. Under Sec 80C to 80CCD and Ded.
Under Chapter VIA sections auto appears on the screen as shown in Figure 6: Employee
fills Personal details.
Employee clicks HRA tab and fills the details in the application
1. Employee view the HRA Page and fills relevant and mandatory information in the form.
2. If employee check the Copy to All check box, then the information entered in the single
row copies to all the remaining rows.
3. If employee wants to update Multiple Landlord in the HRA section, click on ADD (+) button
as shown in above figure.
4. Once information is updated, employee clicks the Save button. A confirmation dialog box
appears as shown below. Click the Ok button to save the details successfully. This will
prompt you to navigate to the Housing loan tab.
• Once the employee has saved the HRA details, he/she will be able to upload the document
as shown below.
• Click the Upload button, which is next to HRA line item as shown in above figure to upload
the document.
• Employee selects the “Document Towards” drop-down to upload the proofs, which
shows the bifurcation of document type under each category of investments.
• Click the Browse button to select the file from the desired location.
• If file is password protected, enter the file password and then, click the Upload button to
upload the document successfully.
Note:
There are few sections where multiple documents need to be uploaded for approval, in
such instances, you shall have an option to select respective document type category in
the upload section as shown in the below screenshot.
Example: Interest on Housing loan Self-occupied section – You need to upload both
Interest certificate & Possession certificate. Hence upload the document by selecting the
correct category i.e., Interest Certificate separately and Possession Certificate separately.
Under Housing loan section, there are 4 Applications that can be filled by an employee.
Employee fills House Property Income/(Loss) - Let Out Property (Sec 24(b))
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the Form / Annexure.
2. Employee can click Add icon to add another let out property details in the column as
shown below.
3. Once all details are updated, if Employee click the Save button, data will be saved &
saved details can be edited if required.
4. If Employee clicks the Submit & Preview button, this will take employee to Form 12BB
page.
Note:
• Once employee clicks Submit and preview button, below dialog box appears.
• Employee clicks Ok button to submit the details and will be navigated to Generate Form
12BB.
Figure 20: Employee views the Summary of Investment Proof Submitted & click Yes
Note:
If in case there are any modifications in the EPSF forms, please make the changes before
clicking Submit Tax Proof to submit it.
• As shown in above figure 20, If Employee ticks “Yes (Document Upload)” and clicks on
“Generate Form 12 BB button” which will generate the document in PDF format as shown
in below figure 21.
• Employee prints the document & adds the signature in the form.
• Employee clicks on Browse button to upload the Scan copy of Signed Form 12BB on portal
as shown in Figure 20.
• Employee clicks Upload button.
Figure 23: Employee views the Summary of Investment Proof Submitted & click No
Note:
If in case there are any modifications in the EPSF forms, please make the changes before clicking
Submit Tax Proof to submit it.
• As shown in above figure 23, If Employee ticks “No (Self Declaration)”, than employee
need not submit / upload Scan copy of Form 12 BB.
• Employee checks both 12BB Self Declaration tab and Proof Submission Declaration tab
as shown in Figure 23.
• Finally, employee clicks on Submit Tax Proof button. Once clicked, any alteration or
modification will not be allowed in EPSF tool.
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the Form / Annexure
2. Once all details are updated, if Employee click the Save button, data will be saved & saved
details can be edited if required.
5. If Employee clicks the Submit & Preview button, this will take employee to Form 12BB
page.
3. Employee clicks the Next button to navigate to the next form.
4. Employee clicks the previous button to navigate to the previous form.
Figure 25: Employee Fills Interest on Interest House property (Sec 80EE)
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the Form / Annexure.
2. Once all details are updated, if Employee click the Save button, data will be saved &
saved details can be edited if required.
3. If Employee clicks the Submit & Preview button, this will take employee to Form 12BB
page.
4. Employee clicks the Next button to navigate to the next form.
5. Employee clicks the previous button to navigate to the previous form.
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the Form / Annexure
2. Once all details are updated, if Employee click the Save button, data will be saved &
saved details can be edited if required.
3. If Employee clicks the Submit & Preview button, this will take employee to Form 12BB
page.
4. Employee clicks the Next button to navigate to the next form.
5. Employee clicks the previous button to navigate to the previous form.
Employee can fill the specific application through the quick jump option
• Employee can also jump into the required application by selecting the application from
the list as shown above and the selected application appears on the screen.
Employee fills the Other Income (Bank Interest, etc.) Details in the
application
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the Form / Annexure
2. Once all details are updated, if Employee click the Save button, data will be saved & saved
details can be edited if required.
3. If Employee clicks the Submit & Preview button, this will take employee to Form 12BB
page.
4. Employee clicks the Next button.
• Employee clicks the Ok button to navigate to Tax Saving Investments under Section 80C.
• Employee clicks the Previous button to navigate to the previous form.
Employee fills the Ded. Under Section 80C to 80CCD details in the
application
Under Section 80C to 80CCD, there are 11 applications as mentioned below which employee
can fill.
Note:
Deductions that are recovered from payroll, proof documents are not required to be
submitted & exemption will be given automatically like Provident Fund, Voluntary
Provident Fund etc.
Employee fills Deduction under Life Insurance Pension Scheme (Sec 80CCC)]
form
Figure 30: Employee fills the Deduction under life insurance pension scheme
1. Employee enters the Deduction under Life Insurance Pension Scheme (Sec 80CCC)
value in textbox and if Employee click the Save button, data will be saved & saved
details can be edited if required.
2. If Employee clicks the Submit & Preview button, this will take employee to Form 12BB
page.
1. Employee enters the Public Provident Field value in the text box.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click the Submit and preview
button to submit the details.
3. Employee clicks the Next Button to navigate to the Children education expenses form.
1. Employee enters the Children Education expense value in the text box.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click the Submit and preview
button to submit the details.
3. Employee clicks the Next Button to navigate to the National savings certificate form.
• Employee types the National savings certificate value in the text box.
• Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click the Submit and preview
button to submit the details.
• Employee clicks the Next Button to navigate to the life Insurance Premium form.
1. Employee fills the Dependent name, policy number, premium type, relationship date,
No. of documents and amount value in the respective textbox.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details.
3. Employee click the submit and preview button to submit the details.
4. Click the Next Button to navigate to the Housing Loan Principal Repayment form.
• Employee fills the Housing loan principal repayment value in the text box
• Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click the submit and preview button
to submit the details.
• Click the Next Button to navigate to the Others - Post Office Savings Schemes, Tax Saver
Term Deposit - 5 years form.
Employee fills Others - Post Office Savings Schemes, Tax Saver Term Deposit -
5 years details in the form
Figure 38: Employee fills the others- post office savings scheme details
1. Employee fills the others- post office savings scheme, Tax Saver Term Deposit - 5 years
value in the text box.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme form.
1. Employee fills the Dependent name, account number and amount invested value.
2. Employee can add one more row by clicking on the Add icon to add another dependent
name, account number and amount invested value.
3. Employee can delete the row by clicking on the Delete icon.
4. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
5. Click the Next Button to navigate to Accrued NSC Interest form.
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the form.
2. Employee can add one more row by clicking on the Add icon to add another Mutual fund
details.
3. Employee can delete the row by clicking on the Delete icon.
4. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
5. Click the Next Button to navigate to NPS form.
Employee fills the Employees contribution towards NPS details in the form
Under Ded. Under Chapter VI A (Section 80D to 80 U) section, there are 11 applications as
mentioned below which employee can fill.
Note:
Deductions that are recovered from payroll, proof documents are not required to be
submitted & exemption will be given automatically like Mediclaim deduction, Parents
Mediclaim deduction etc.
Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium (Sec 80D) details in the form
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details successfully or click submit and
preview button to submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Medical Insurance Premium for parents (sec 80D)
form.
Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium for parents (sec 80D) details in
form.
Figure 44: Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium for parents (sec 80D) details
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Medical Insurance Premium paid for senior Citizen
(Parents) form.
Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium paid for senior Citizen (Parents)
details in form.
Figure 45: Employee fills Medical Insurance Premium paid for senior Citizen (Parents)
1. Employee fills all the relevant and mandatory details in the form.
2. Employee can add one more row by clicking on the Add icon to add another member
details.
3. Employee can delete the row by clicking on the Delete icon.
4. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
5. Click the Next Button to navigate to Medical Insurance Medical for Handicapped
Dependents (Sec 80DD) form.
1. Employee fills the Medical for handicapped Dependents (Sec 80DD) value in form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Medical Insurance Medical for Handicapped
Dependents (severe disability) (Sec 80 DD) form.
1. Employee fills the Medical for Handicapped Dependents (Severe disability) (Sec 80DD)
value in the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Medical for Specified Diseases (Sec 80DDB) form.
Note:
Employee cannot claim for both Medical for Handicapped Dependents (Sec 80DD) and
Medical for Handicapped Dependents (severe disability) (Sec 80 DD).
Employee fills Medical for Specified Diseases (Sec 80DDB) details in the form
1. Employee fills the Medical for Specified Diseases (Sec 80DDB) value in the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button
to submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Medical for Specified Diseases for Senior Citizen
(Sec 80DDB) form.
Employee fills Medical for Specified Diseases for Senior Citizen (Sec 80DDB)
details
Figure 49: Employee fills Medical for specified Diseases for senior citizen details
1. Employee fills the Medical for Specified Diseases for Senior Citizen (Sec 80DDB) value in
the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Interest Paid on Higher Education Loan (Sec 80E)
form.
Employee fills Interest Paid on Higher Education Loan (Sec80E) details in form
Figure 50: Employee fills the Interest paid on higher education loan details
1. Employee fills the Interest Paid on Higher Education Loan (Sec 80E) value in the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to Deduction for Permanent Disability (Sec 80U) form.
1. Employee fills the Deduction for Permanent Disability (Sec 80U) value in the form.
2. Employee clicks the Save button to save the details or click submit and preview button to
submit the details.
3. Click the Next Button to navigate to 80EEB form.
• Once employee submit all the forms, he/she can view the Modify and preview buttons in
the Investment Proof Submission page.
• Employee can click the Modify button to do necessary changes if needed.
• Employee clicks Preview button to re-generate Form 12BB.
Re-Submission of Proofs
Employee Uploads the Document
Once the approval procedure for proofs submitted is completed, employee will be provided
an option to re-submit the rejected proofs (if any) within the period of 3 days.
• Once employee clicks Submit Tax Proof link, will be navigated to below page.
• Once employee clicks on Re submit button, employee will be directed to above shown
page where the below mentioned details are required.
Employee has to update the Document Amount in case of any change in amount.
Employee clicks the Browse button to upload the document.
Provide the password for the file, if it is password protected and click the Save button.
• Once employee save the details submitted, the above shown confirmation dialog box
appears where employee has to click OK to save the document successfully.
• Once the details are successfully updated along with supporting document, the detailswill
be shown as displayed in above screenshot.
• Employee can cross verify the details and proceed for Final submission .
• Once Employee is done with the upload, he/she need to click on Re-submit tab as shown
in above screenshot in order to proceed with final submission.
• Once employee clicks on Re-submit, he/she will be able to see the details, which were
submitted as shown above.
• Once employee has verified all the details, which were submitted, he/she can go ahead
and click on “Submit Tax Proof” button.
Note:
No alteration/modifications can be made, once you are done with final submission.