Income Tax e-Filing: E-Verify ITR using Aadhaar

e-verify ITR Aadhaar

 

E-Verifying ITR is a last step of filing returns and lots of things have been changed this year which every individual should know to avoid any problems in future. According to the latest tax laws your ITR is invalid until it will not be verified by the assessee.

A taxpayer can verify it either electronically using EVC (E-Verification code) by using any one of the multiple options or physically. EVC (Electronic Verification Code) is generally a 10-digital alpha numeric code which can be generated using various methods. The EVC could be used to verify ITR 1 (Sahaj) / ITR 2 / ITR 2A / ITR 3 / ITR 4 / ITR 4S (Sugam). EVC remains valid for 72 hours but can be generated various times through various modes.

E-Verifying using Aadhaar:

We will discuss step by step to e-verifying the ITR using Aadhaar.

1) The first step is to link your Aadhaar to PAN. Log in to Income Tax Department website: https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in .

income tax website

click on the new “link Aadhaar” hyperlink on the left side of the income tax e-filing website.

income tax department website

Follow the steps given in this link: https://www.trutax.in/link-aadhaar-with-pan 

It is very easy to link Aadhaar to Pan as you just need to follow some simple steps and fill the required details.

2) After completing the process of linking Aadhaar to PAN click on “My account” on dashboard and then select “e-files returns/forms” hyperlink on https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ website.

3) Once you will get the list of returns pending for e-verification then you have to click on “e-verify” button in order to e-verify your return.

4) After previous step you will get 4 options. These are the options you get here:

“I already have an electronic verification code or EVC to e-verify my return”

“I do not have an EVC and would like to generate EVC to e-verify my return”

“I would like to generate Aadhaar OTP to e-verify my return”

“I would like to send ITR-V/I would like to e-verify later”

You need to select “option 3” which is “I would like to generate Aadhaar OTP to e-verify return”.

5) Enter OTP received and click on submit.

6) After following the above steps, you will get the message on your screen of successful completion of e-verifying your ITR through Aadhaar.

Other Reference:https://moneygyaan.com/e-verify-income-tax-return-itr-using-aadhar-otp-online/

 

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