ITR Filing 2025: If you have not filed your income tax return yet, then you do not have much time left now. The government has made the last date for filing ITR for the financial year 2024-25 15 September 2025.
Earlier this date was 31 July, which was later extended. One should not wait for the deadline to file income tax return. You may make many mistakes in haste. In such a situation, if you are going to file ITR for the first time, then first of all you have to register yourself on the e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) of the Income Tax Department. This portal provides many important tax related services to taxpayers online. The process of registering has now become very easy.
Any taxpayer can register on the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department through a valid PAN (Permanent Account Number) number. Once the registration is complete, you will start getting many tax related services online. After this, filing ITR will become easy. Without registration, you can neither file ITR nor claim refund. This registration is completely free.
ITR Filing 2025: Documents required for registration
1- A valid and active PAN card
2 – Mobile number
3 – Email ID
Separate registration has to be done for each PAN card.
Let us tell you that the e-filing portal is a kind of digital platform for taxpayers , where you can not only file ITR but can also manage your tax profile. Here you get many tax related services, such as tax payment information, viewing refund status, responding to notices and checking the record of old filing.
How to register?
1 – First of all go to the Income Tax e-filing portal and click on the ‘Register’ button on the homepage.
2 – Select ‘Taxpayer’ option and enter your PAN number, then click on ‘Validate’.
3 – If PAN is valid, fill in the basic details like your name, DOB, gender and residency status on the next screen.
4 – Next, fill in the contact details like mobile number, email ID and address.
5 – Two separate OTP will be sent to the entered mobile number and email. Enter both the OTP correctly and proceed.
6 – If any information is incorrect then correct it and confirm it.
7 – Now set the password and type a security message which will appear on every login.
8 – As soon as you click on the ‘Register’ button, your registration will be completed and after that you can login.