<p>Hello,</p>
<p>The CSS Profile instructions say:</p>
<p>"International Applicants</p>
<p>If your country's tax year does not follow the calendar year you should collect the information listed above for your country's last tax year that ended or will end before April 1, 2013, and the year previous to that. If, for example, your country's tax year runs from April 1 to March 31, collect the information for the tax year that ended or will end March 31, 2013 and the tax year that ended March 31, 2012. If you country's tax year runs from July 1 to June 30, collect the information for the tax year that ended June 30, 2012 and the tax year that ended June 30, 2011.
Throughout the application, wherever you are asked for information from "your country's most recent tax year," report information from your country's last tax year that ended or will end March 31, 2013."</p>
<p>The Indian financial year is from April 1 to March 31. The assessment year is the next year. So, for example, income tax returns for income earned in April 2011-March 2012 were filed in Sept 2012.</p>
<p>I initially assumed that questions on the 'most recent tax year' on the CSS refer to the April 2012-March 2013 financial year, and that I'll have to estimate figures and enter, and then send those tax returns when they're available. However, I'm confused now, since those tax returns wont be available till Sept 2013. I'm considering entering info from the April 2011-March 2012 financial year.</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me which details I should enter?</p>