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People having RSUs, please clarify

Note: 1.1. The vested RSUs given by the employer are mentioned under the nature of perquisites in Form 16. The tax is already paid for it and mentioned in Form 16 as well. The same info is reflected on the ASI website. 1.2. None of the vested RSUs were sold historically. 1.3. No dividend income comes from the vested RSUs. My doubts 2.1. For this case, do we need to disclose vested RSUs in Schedule FA form in ITR2? 2.2. If I need to disclose them, I did not know about this and filed ITR1, which was processed for the last financial year. I am yet to file for this financial year. Can I disclose all the vested RSUs from 2022 and 2023 in the current FY 2023-2024 filing? Other Annoyances 3.1. There is a conflict among CAs as well. Some CAs say we need to disclose only when selling and not while holding, as taxes for that are already paid. Other CAs say we need to disclose even if we are holding and even if taxes are paid. 3.2. If the holdings are required to be disclosed, I wish the tax portal could throw an error in the UI if trying to submit the ITR without disclosing Schedule FA. As the IT Department has access to our Form 16, the IT portal can extract data from Form 16, check if it has RSUs mentioned, determine if the stock of the company is listed on a US stock exchange, and mark the Schedule FA form as mandatory. I don't think it is very complicated to implement this feature.

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