ELECTRONIC CHALLAN CUM RETURN (ECR) FILE FORMAT (FOR EMPLOYERS)

The Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR) will be an electronic return in plain text format and  will consist of DETAILED lines (one line for each member). The separator between fields should  be #~# ( hash tilda hash). 
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How to Generate ECR Text file: Step 1: Use any Spreadsheet (OpenOffice, Excel, Lotus etc,) for creating  the member details as per the  prescribed format  and save the file in CSV format. Step 2: Open the CSV file in any text editor (notepad, editplus, etc.,) and replace all “,” with “#~#” .  Save the file


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