By Admin 
Do you know that it is necessary to file an income tax return (ITR) of a dead person in India? Yes, you heard right! If a person died during FY 2024-25 (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) and that year his total income was more than basic exhalation limit (₹ 2.5 lakh in the old tax system, ₹ 3 lakh in the new tax system), then it is mandatory to file their ITR for the Assessment Year 2025-26. Their income may be from salary, pension, fixed deposits from interest, rent, share or property from capital gains or business (until the date of death). In this situation, the responsibility of filing ITR is of their legal heir or authorized representative, such as spouse, child, person named in will or someone appointed by the court. Legal Heer first to the Income Tax Portal (https://www.incometax.gov.in) "legal heir" As requires to register, which requires the PAN card of the deceased, the PAN card of the legal heer, the death certificate and the legal heer proof (eg succession certificate or a copy of the will). & Nbsp;