Terms and Conditions

By using our site and services means you agree to our terms and conditions listed below.

Terms of Service

www.taxcareindia.com is an online income tax return preparation and filing website, operated by Tax Care India. You (the user or customer) can use and access www.taxcareindia.com (hereinafter referred to as "Website") and avail the service, subject to the terms and conditions of use, as changed /updated from time to time entirely at the discretion of Tax Care India as set out below. The Terms and Conditions of use shall continue and would be in force till the time you access this website and use its services. You agree that you are bound by the terms as mentioned herein. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions of use should be construed to confer any rights on you or any third party beneficiaries.


By visiting this Website you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:


The term 'TaxCareIndia' is used through this entire Terms and Conditions of Use document to refer to the Website, its owners and the employees and associates of the owner.


The term 'Products/Service' is used through this entire Terms and Conditions of Use document to refer to the Products/Service provided by TaxCareIndia and made available for Your use and access upon purchase of such Products/Service by you from TaxCareIndia.


All the Terms and Conditions of Use below have been expressed keeping Individuals in view.


Introduction

www.taxcareindia.com , an initiative of Tax Care India, is an online Tax Planning & Tax Filing service-provider. TAXCAREINDIA.COM has been registered as an e-Return Intermediary (ERI) approved by Income Tax department. Having a large customer base including renowned corporate majors, TaxCareIndia offers you a comprehensive end to end tax filing services certified by Income Tax Experts for accuracy.


Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers' utilized and other similar information.


Registration:

By registering, you certify that all information that You provide, now or in the future, is accurate. Once You agree to accept the terms of our service You will receive an account designation upon completing the Website's registration procedure. You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account and TaxCareIndia shall not be responsible for any losses, damage or harm caused as a result of you sharing the password with third party. You also agree that you exit from your account at the end of each session. TaxCareIndia cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the Website's registration process.


TaxCareIndia reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deny access to You to this Website or any portion thereof without notice for the following reasons (a) immediately byTaxCareIndia for any unauthorized access or use by You (b) immediately by TaxCareIndia if You assign or transfer (or attempt the same) any rights granted to You under this Terms and Conditions of Use; (c) immediately, if You violate any of the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.


Eligibility and registration

By registering for the TaxCareIndia service, you represent and warrant that You are 18 years or older and that You have the capacity to understand, agree to and comply with these Terms and Conditions of Use. Since Indian laws do not permit us to contract with a minor person (minor is a person who has not completed 18 years of age), you as a minor, will be registering for the TaxCareIndia service through your legal guardian.


However, since the Income Tax Legislations provides a minor to file income tax return in certain circumstances, in such instance TaxCareIndia presumes that the parent/guardian has registered himself to enroll the minor only as a tax payer on our Website and all the inputs, information provided our under guidance and assistance of at least one of his/her parent/guardian.


Appropriate individual registration, access & conduct of user and content for personal use only

You shall not use TaxCareIndia service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, including misusing permanent account number (PAN) and Financial Information of another person. International users agree to comply with all Indian laws & regulations, including laws regulating the export of data from the United States or Your country of residence. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, graphics, that You submit, & post on the Website.


Other examples of illegal or unauthorized uses include, but are not limited to:


- Modifying, adapting, translating, or reverse engineering any portion of the Website.
- Removing any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Website.
- Using any robot, spider, Website search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Website. - Creating user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses.
- Creating or transmitting unwanted electronic communications such as "spam," or chain letters to or otherwise interfering with other user's access of the service by blocking.
- Submitting data of any third party without such third party's prior written consent.
- Submitting Materials that falsely express or imply that such Materials are sponsored or endorsed by TaxCareIndia.
- Submitting Materials that infringe misappropriate or violate the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights of any party.
- Transmitting any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature.
- Submitting false or misleading information.


While TaxCareIndia strictly prohibits such conduct on its Website, You understand and agree that you nonetheless may be exposed to such misuse or blocking by other users and that You use the Website and the TaxCareIndia service at Your own risk.

For certain services such as Email, contents and calculators, registration by the visitor is required. By registering, you agree to the following terms in addition to any other specific terms, which shall be posted at an appropriate location of the Website. Each registration is for a single individual user with creation of single taxpayers return known to the registering user only. To access these services, You will be asked to enter your individual User Name, Password and Email Address.

Therefore, we do not permit any of the following:
- Any other person sharing Your User Name and Password unless Your express permission is granted;
- Any part of the Website being cached in proxy servers and accessed by person/s who is not registered with TaxCareIndia as users of the Website and Service/s.


If TaxCareIndia is under a reasonable belief that a User Name and Password is being used / misused in any manner, TaxCareIndia reserve the right to cancel all access rights immediately without notice, and block access to all Users from that IP address.

Charges:

This Website reserves the right to charge subscription and/or membership fees in respect of any part, aspect of this Site & Service/s and/or Product/s offered. You shall be made aware of the charges upon registration and your willingness to buy the Product/Services offered in the Website. You agree that all activities that occur under your account for payment towards the Products/Services shall be your sole responsibility and TaxCareIndia shall not be liable for any claims which may arise directly or incidentally due to the discharge of your obligations under this clause. The same will apply for any Service/s or Products being offered without any charges whenever made chargeable.

Pricing policy:

The Products/Services may be available individually or in combination and as such they will have to be bought in the same format without any customization of combination unless a choice or an upgrade facility is provided. Even if it is a combination of more than one product/service together, for all practical, legal and taxability purposes/issues it will be assumed to be one and the applicable taxes, if any, will be collected according to the common commercial parlance and that the You agree to bind Yourself without debate. The same will be true even where third parties' (Alliance Partners') products/services are included in the combination. The purchase of Products/Services is through online transactions, wherein complete ability of service is enabled for the purchaser upon receiving payment. Upon receiving payment, it is also presumed that the service is delivered / rendered for all practical/legal purposes including the chargeability of applicable taxes if any like service tax, etc. If any time the legal interpretation or the concerned authorities raise a different view point at a later stage then TaxCareindia is free to take such necessary steps for recovering or refunding the tax so as to abide by and comply with the applicable law and You agree to binds Yourself for such change without notice. The same will be true whenever the Products/Services are used irrespective of the fact that they are part of third parties' (Alliance Partners') product/service and have been purchased through them and their policies may interpret otherwise than the above.

Payment policy:

The credit/debit card details disclosed by you for the purpose of availing TaxCareIndia's products/services shall be correct. You shall not use any credit/debit card which does not lawfully belong to you i.e. in a credit/debit card transaction; you must use Your own credit/debit card. You further agree and undertake to disclose the correct and valid credit/debit card details to TaxCareIndia. TaxCareIndia will not utilize/share your credit/debit card information with any third party except as per our Privacy Policy or as required by and under any law, regulation or court order. TaxcareIndia will not be liable for any credit/debit card fraud. The liability for the use of credit/debit card fraudulently will solely be borne by you and the onus to 'prove otherwise' shall rest exclusively upon you.


The above terms shall apply to the information of net banking payment option usage i.e. user name and/or password etc provided by you.


You also agree and undertake not to stop and/or dispute any credit/debit card payment once initiated by you. You further agree to indemnify in full any expense/s incurred by TaxCareIndia consequent to your failure to abide by this clause.


Changes to terms and conditions

TaxCareIndia reserves the right to add to or change/modify the terms of this Terms and Conditions of Use including but not limited to suspend/cancel, or discontinue any or all service at any time without notice to you and make modifications and alterations in any or all of the content and services contained on the Website without prior notice. Such changes will be posted on the Website for Your convenience to understand your responsibility as a user. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms and Conditions of Use so that you will be apprised of any changes. You will be deemed to have accepted such change/s if you continue to access the Website subsequent to such changes


Copyright & no retransmission of information:

TaxCareIndia as well as the design and information contained in this Website is the valuable, exclusive property of TaxCareIndia, and nothing in this Terms and Conditions of Use shall be construed as transferring or assigning any such ownership rights to You or any other person or entity.


You may not resell, redistribute, broadcast or transfer the information or use the information in a searchable, machine-readable database unless separately and specifically authorized in writing by TaxCareIndia prior to such use. You may not rent, lease, sublicense, distribute, transfer, copy, reproduce, publicly display, publish, adapt, store or time-share TaxcareIndia or its Products/Services, any part thereof, or any of the information received or accessed therefrom to or through any other person or entity unless separately and specifically authorized in writing by TaxCareIndia prior to such use. In addition, you may not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, legal or proprietary notices in or on any portions of TaxCareIndia without prior written authorization. Except as set forth herein, any other use of the information contained in this site requires the prior written consent and may require a separate fee.


Delay in services:

TaxCareIndia (including its and their directors, employees, affiliates, agents, representatives or subcontractors) shall not be liable for any loss or liability resulting, directly or indirectly, from delays or interruptions due to electronic or mechanical equipment failures, telephone interconnect problems, defects, weather, strikes, walkouts, fire, acts of God, riots, armed conflicts, acts of war, or other like causes. TaxCareIndia shall have no responsibility to provide you access to this Website while interruption of TaxCareIndia is continued, due to any such cause mentioned here.


Liability disclaimer:

You expressly agree that use of the website and the products/services is at your sole risk.


The contents, information, software, products, features and services published on this web site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the contents herein. TaxCareIndia and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in this web site at any time. This web site may be temporarily unavailable from time to time due to required maintenance, telecommunications interruptions, or other disruptions. TaxcareIndia and/or its respective associated entities make no representations about the suitability of the contents, information, software, products, features and services contained on this web site. TaxCareIndia and/or its associated entities hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to these contents, information, software, products, features and services, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and availability.


In no event shall TaxCareIndia and/or its associated entities be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this web site or with the delay or inability to use this website, or for any contents, information, software, products, features and services obtained through this web site, or otherwise arising out of the use of this web site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if TaxCareindia or any of its associated entities has been advised of the possibility of damages.


Information collection and use:

At the time of registering withTaxCareIndia, the Website will ask you for Personal Information such as Your name, email address, birth date, pin code, occupation and industry. Once you register with Taxcareindia and sign in to the services, You are not anonymous to TaxCareIndia.


TaxCareIndia will only collect, store, use, and share your personal information (including email address) as it is defined by our privacy statement and as regulated by Indian laws. When filing a tax return online, in addition to entering your own personal information, You may be asked to enter personal information of those who are either dependants or persons for whose income You are liable. TaxCareIndia does not disclose your information (including email address) to third parties except when the user requests to efile their return. TaxCareIndia will disclose your information to the appropriate government officials if the same is mandated by law.


Only information provided by you is stored by TaxCareIndia. TaxCareIndia does not supplement your information with information from other companies. The exception to this would be when your employer has bought the services/products for bulk use for its employees and to facilitate that we may upload information provided by Your employer.


Any changes in tax laws and procedures would be incorporated in the Website without unreasonable delay. However TaxCareIndia disclaims all responsibility to update the Website or the service's offered for any reason whatsoever. You understand and agree that the Tax laws are liable to subjective interpretations and opinions and while offering the service/s and/or products TaxCareIndia's team of tax experts interpret the vast number of tax law provisions in the most reasonable and law abiding manner. The income and tax calculations may be different from another tax professional's point of view. Hence, you understand and agree that TaxCareIndia will not be responsible for any errors, misrepresentation or miscalculations in case of income or tax areas reported or displayed or printed in any form through the service's or products.


TaxCareIndia uses your information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content You see, fulfill Your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact You, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.


Information sharing and disclosure:

For the purpose of this Website, Personal Information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, age, sex, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. Financial Information is information about Your PAN, Bank Account Details & Transactions, Credit Card Account Details & Transactions.


TaxCareIndia does not rent, sell, or share any of the above information (personal and financial) with other people or non-affiliated companies.


TaxCareIndia does not intend to transfer Personal Information and Financial Information without Your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on TaxCareIndia's behalf unless such transfer is legally required in response to court orders, warrants, legal process, or to establish or exercise its legal rights or defend against legal claims etc.


TaxCareIndia believes it is necessary to share Personal Information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action against illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of TaxCareIndia's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.


Information disclaimer:

You acknowledge that the information provided through TaxCareIndia is compiled from sources, which are beyond the control of TaxCareIndia. Though such information is recognized by the parties to be generally reliable, the parties acknowledge that inaccuracies may occur and TaxCareIndia does not warrant the accuracy or suitability of the information. For this reason, as well as the possibility of human and mechanical errors and other factors, you acknowledge that TaxCareIndia is provided to you on an "as is" basis. TaxCareIndia expressly disclaims any and all warranties, whether express, oral, implied, statutory or otherwise, of any kind to the users and/or any third party, including any implied warranties of accuracy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, as well as any warranties arising by virtue of custom of trade or course of dealing and any implied warranties of title or non-infringement. Further, TaxCareIndia does not represent or warrant that it will meet your requirements or is suitable for your needs.


Under this Terms and Conditions of Use, You are responsible for all risk of errors and/or omissions in TaxCareIndia, including the transmission or translation of information. You assume full responsibility for implementing sufficient procedures and checks to satisfy Your requirements for the accuracy and suitability of TaxCareIndia, including the information, and for maintaining any means, which You may require for the reconstruction of lost data or subsequent manipulations or analyses of the information under the Terms and conditions of Use.


Equipment and operation:

You shall provide and maintain all telephone/internet and other equipment necessary to access this Website, and the costs of any such equipment and/or telephone/internet connections or use, including any applicable taxes, shall be borne solely by You. You are responsible for operating your own equipment used to access TaxCareIndia.


Intellectual property:

Unless otherwise stated, copyright and all intellectual property rights in all material presented and contained in the Websites, together with the Website design, text and graphics, and their selection and arrangement, and all software compilations, underlying source code and software including but not limited to text, audio, video or graphical images, trademarks and logos appearing on this Website belongs to TaxCareIndia, its parent, affiliates and associates and are protected under applicable Indian laws. Strict action shall be taken against any infringement and shall be vigorously pursued and defended to the fullest extent permitted by law.


Copyright and all intellectual property rights in all material presented on this Website belonging to Third party products shall be governed by the terms and conditions specified by them in this behalf.


Usage of the website:

The Website is intended for personal, non-commercial use. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords, login and account information. You will be responsible for all use of the Website by You and anyone using your password and login information (with or without your permission). You may not use the Website to make any fraudulent applications. You agree not to use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful, illegal or forbidden by these Terms, or any local laws that might apply to you. TaxCareIndia is running the Website in India, so remember that by using the Website, we need you to agree to comply with laws that apply to India, including laws that apply to exporting technical data.


Anti spam policy:

TaxCareIndia recognizes the receipt, transmission or distribution of spam emails (unsolicited bulk emails) as a major concern and has taken reasonable measures, to minimize the transmission and effect of spam emails in its computing environment. All emails received by TaxCareIndia are subject to spam check. Any email identified as spam will be rejected with sufficient information to the sender for taking necessary action. With this measure, along with other technical spam reduction measures, TaxCareIndia hopes to minimize the effect of spam emails. TaxCareIndia reserves the right to reject and/or report any suspicious spam emails, to the authorities concerned, for necessary action, from time to time.


Links to third party sites:

Certain links on the Website lead to resources located on servers maintained by third parties over whom TaxCareIndia has no control. TaxCareIndia has not reviewed, nor approved these sites and is not responsible for the contents or omissions of any linked site or any links contained in a linked site. The inclusion of any linked site does not imply endorsement by TaxCareIndia of the site. Third party links to TaxCareIndia shall be governed by a separate agreement. Any transactions relating to services not directly offered by TaxCareIndia are to be settled inter-se between the parties and all warranties express or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining thereto, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement are disclaimed by this Website. The advertisements that you see displayed on this Websites are delivered by third parties and TaxCareIndia will not be responsible for any promises, representations made in the advertisements.