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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
14-July-2015 17:31 IST
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
14-July-2015 17:31 IST
Commencement of
Electronic Verification of Income Tax Returns for AY 2015-16
To facilitate the taxpayers and to provide
end-to-end e-enabled services, the Income Tax Return for A.Y. 2015-16 can now
be verified electronically.
A taxpayer may verify his return through
Internet Banking or through Aadhar based authentication process. Persons using
this facility will not be required to submit a signed paper copy of
ITR-Verification form (ITR-V) to CPC Bengaluru.
For the convenience of small taxpayers having
total income of Rs. 5 lakhs or below without any claim of refund, facility for
generating Electronic Verification Code (EVC) has also been provided on the
E-filing website of the Department. In such cases EVC will be sent to the
Registered Email ID and Mobile Number of person to enable him to thereafter use
this code to verify the return.
In case a taxpayer is unable to electronically
verify the ITR using the EVC for any reason, then, the signed copy of ITR-V may
be sent within the specified time of 120 days to CPC Bengaluru by Ordinary post
or Speed post.
Details regarding e-verification are available
in Notification 2/2015 in issued on 13th July 2015 at http://incometaxindia.gov.in/news/evc_notification-13-07-2015.pdf.
Taxpayers are requested to use Electronic
Verification facility in view of the convenience and flexibility offered.
Taxpayers are also requested to e-file their returns early to avoid the rush
closer to the last date.
