ITR verification: When you send the ITR-V form, the Income Tax Department will confirm receiving it, only after that the process of this form will be completed. If you have sent the ITR V form by post, there may be a delay in getting its acknowledgment.
ITR Filing: The filing of income tax return is not considered valid or successful until it is verified. Even though you have filed ITR, but if you do not verify it within 120 days, then the Income Tax Department will not give it valid status. In view of this, the verification of ITR filing is more important than that.
For the convenience of the taxpayers, the Income Tax Department has given 6 ways through which one can verify the ITR filing. Of these 6 modes, 5 are electronic, while 1 is manual or physical. Through Aadhaar OTP, Net Banking, EVC Verification linked with Bank Account, ITR Verification through Demat Account, EVC from Bank ATM and sixthly by filling ITR-V Form and sending it to the Tax Department.
When to fill ITR V form
Now suppose you tried hard but could not verify your ITR filing ITR filing from Aadhar OTP, EVC, Bank Account, Dement Account or ATM, what will happen? The only solution for this is that you have to fill the ITR V form and send it to Bangalore. Its address is CPC, Post Box No-1, Electronic City Office, Bengaluru-5601100, Karnataka, India.
When you send the ITR-V form, the Income Tax Department will confirm the receipt, only after that the process of this form will be completed. If you have sent the ITR V form by post, there may be a delay in getting its acknowledgment. You have to sign this form with blue pen only. You have to send ITR-V or Acknowledgment receipt by registered post only. There is no need to attach any documents with it. After this a message is received on your mobile phone or email. This verifies your income tax filing.
How to Check ITR V Form Status
You have sent ITR-V to the Income Tax Department, but it is also necessary to check what is its status, whether the department has received it or not. If this work is not completed within 120 days, then your ITR filing will be considered invalid. In this case you will not get refund of tax. You can check ITR-V status like this…
- Visit www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal
- Go down to the home page where Our Services will be written. Income Tax Return status will be written in this section. click on it
- A new page will open on the screen. Here you have to enter the acknowledgment number of the filled ITR. The mobile number given in the ITR will also have to be entered.
- After this an OTP will come on your registered mobile number. Enter OTP and hit the submit button
- The current status of ITR will be displayed as soon as the OTP is entered. If the ITR-V form has reached the Income Tax Department, the status will show ‘ITR verified’. If not reached then ‘pending for e-verification’ will be shown
- Your ITR-V form will be received in the Income Tax Department, then you will get its message on your mobile and email.
