Capital gains ITR checklist: documents to collect
For clients who sold shares, mutual funds, property or crypto (ITR-2 / ITR-3). Every item below, with where your client gets it.
Why clients should send it on time: Filing after the due date means a late fee of up to ₹5,000, interest on any tax due, and a slower refund.
The checklist
- 1
Broker tax P&L statement
Capital gains report for the year from Zerodha, Groww, Upstox, ICICI Direct, etc.
Where the client gets it: Zerodha: Console → Reports → Tax P&L. Groww, Upstox, ICICI Direct and others have a Tax P&L or Capital gains report under Reports. Mutual funds: request the capital gains statement from CAMS and KFintech (one email each covers all your funds).
- 2
Mutual fund capital gains statement
From CAMS and KFintech (one statement each covers all your funds).
Where the client gets it: Go to camsonline.com and kfintech.com → Capital gains statement → enter your PAN and email. Each sends one PDF covering all funds they service.
- 3
AIS / 26AS
Download from the income tax portal (AIS → Download PDF).
Where the client gets it: Log in at incometax.gov.in → Services → Annual Information Statement (AIS) → Download → PDF. The AIS opens with your PAN in small letters followed by your date of birth (DDMMYYYY); a Form 26AS from TRACES opens with just your date of birth. We can open both for you.
- 4
Property sale and purchase deeds
Only if you sold a house, flat or land this year.
Where the client gets it: The registered sale deed (and the purchase deed from when you bought it). Your lawyer, the buyer's bank or the sub-registrar's office will have a copy.
- 5
Improvement bills
Bills for major improvements to a property you sold.
- 6
Reinvestment proofs (54 / 54EC / 54F)
New property purchase or capital gain bonds, if you're claiming exemption.
Where the client gets it: The registered sale deed of the new property, or the bond certificate from NHAI / REC / PFC for 54EC bonds, showing the amount and date.
- 7
Foreign shares or ESOPs
Statements for RSUs, ESOPs or US stocks, for Schedule FA.
- 8
Crypto transactions
Exchange statement of all crypto (VDA) buys and sells.
Collecting it without the chase
- Send the list as one link on WhatsApp. The client ticks items off as they upload, from their phone.
- Each file is checked as it arrives: the right financial year, the client's own PAN, and locked AIS or bank PDFs opened.
- Reminders go out until every item is in, and stop by themselves when it is.
Other checklists
Send this checklist to a client as one link
Your client opens it on WhatsApp, uploads each item from their phone, and every file is checked as it arrives. First month free, no card.