How to change bank, personal details in ITR after filing it

Even after you have filed your income tax return (ITR), the tax department provides you with an option to edit/change your bank and personal details after filing your tax return. However, due to some reason you want to update these details in your ITR after filing it.

As per the update made by the income tax department in 2019, "After upload of the ITR, if any change occurs in taxpayers Bank Account, Address, Mobile number and e-mail id, then taxpayer can update these changes through 'Change ITR Form Particulars'. Any update can be made only prior to processing of the return."

Earlier, it used to take a month, from the date of filing, for the tax department to process tax returns. However, these days, the income tax department is processing the tax returns very fast i.e. in a week.


Let us say after filing your return, you want to make a change in your permanent address or you want update the mobile number.

Also read: How to file ITR? Here's the complete guide

"Sometimes it happens that wrong bank detail is entered at the time of filing the ITR which will result in non-receipt of the refund. By way of this tool, the taxpayer can change the bank details without revision of ITR. Similar is the case with the email ID, contact number and address. Thus, the taxpayer can change these details without furnishing Revised ITR. This is a convenient way for the taxpayer to change/update their basic details before processing of the return," explains Abhishek Soni, CEO and co-founder, Tax2win.in, an ITR filing website.

If you want to update such details in your ITR form, then follow these steps.

Step 1: Login to the 'e-Filing' Portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Step 2: Go to the 'My Account' menu located at upper-left side of the page. Then click on 'Service Request'. Here you will have to select the 'Request Type' as 'New Request' and select the 'Request Category' as 'Change ITR Form Particulars'. Then click 'Submit'.
Step 3: Enter 'Acknowledgement number' of ITR and provide the necessary details. Then click 'Submit'.

Here is how you can view the status of your request.
Step 1: Login to 'e-Filing' Portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Step 2: Go to the 'My Account' menu located at upper-left side of the page. Here select 'Service Request'. And then select the 'Request Type' as 'View Request' and choose the 'Request Category' as 'Change ITR Form Particulars'.
Step 3: Click 'Submit'
Step 4: Click on the 'Transaction ID'