ITR E-verification: If you do not get your e-verification done, then your ITR is considered incomplete and your ITR will remain incomplete. The Income Tax Department has asked taxpayers to complete the e-filing process immediately.
The tax department said that penalty can also be imposed for not doing so. Please tell that the deadline for filing income tax was till 31 July 2023 only. However, you can still file late ITR with penalty till 31 December 2023.
After filing ITR, it is mandatory to get its e-verification done. If you do not get your e-verification done then your ITR is considered incomplete and your ITR will remain incomplete. The Income Tax Department has asked taxpayers to complete the e-filing process immediately. The tax department said that penalty can also be imposed for not doing so. Please tell that the deadline for filing income tax was till 31 July 2023 only. However, you can still file late ITR with penalty till 31 December 2023.
What did the IT department say
The Income Tax Department urged the taxpayers to complete the e-filing process today itself, dear taxpayers! Please see below the steps for e-verification of returns. Remember to verify your ITR within 30 days of filing it. Delayed verification may attract late fee as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Don’t delay, get your ITR verified today.
Why is e-verification important?
E-verification is mandatory for the ITR to be considered valid. Effective August 2023, the Income Tax Department has made it mandatory for tax filers to e-verify their returns within 30 days of filing returns. In such a situation, let us also know what is the complete process of e-verification.
This is how you can do e-verification of ITR
To do e-verification of ITR, first of all you have to click on ‘e-verify return’ of its e-filing portal. You will be required to enter your PAN, assessment year for which the verification is being done (2023-24), and acknowledgment number. Apart from this, you can also optionally log in using your PAN and password. After this you have to go to my account and click on e-verify return. After this a new page will open in front of you where you will see the file for which verification is to be done. After this you can complete your verification through OTP on the mobile number linked to Aadhaar.
