ITR verification process: Different ways to e-verify your Income Tax Return using Aadhaar OTP, net banking, EVC

Filing your Income Tax Return (ITR) is only one part of the process. Your return is considered complete only after it is verified within the prescribed deadline. The Income Tax Department allows taxpayers to e-verify their ITR through several online methods, including Aadhaar OTP, net banking, bank account, demat account and Electronic Verification Code (EVC). Here's a look at the different ways to e-verify your ITR.

What are the different ways to e-verify your ITR?

· OTP on the mobile number registered with Aadhaar
· Electronic Verification Code (EVC) through a pre-validated bank account
· Net Banking
· Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)

· EVC through ATM

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Prerequisites for availing this service-

· Registered user on the ITR e-filing portal needs a valid user ID and password
· Acknowledgement number (to e-verify ITR without logging into the e-filing portal)
· You have filed a return or an ERI has filed the return on your behalf (to e-Verify ITR)
· PAN linked with your bank account
· Net banking should be enabled for the preferred bank account
· PAN is linked with Aadhaar

How to e-verify your ITR using net banking

Step 1: Go to the e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) homepage and click e-verify return.
Step 2: On the e-verify return page, enter your PAN, select the Assessment Year, enter the Acknowledgement Number of the ITR filed and the mobile number available with you, and click Continue.
Step 3: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number.
Step 4: Click Submit.
Step 5: On the e-verify page, select through Net Banking and click Continue.
Step 6: Select the bank through which you want to e-verify and click Continue.
Step 7: Read and understand the disclaimer. Click Continue.
Step 8: Log in to your Net Banking using your Net Banking user ID and password.
Step 9: Click the link to log in to e-filing from your bank's website.
Note: You will be logged out of internet banking and logged in to the e-filing portal.
On successful login, you will be taken to the e-filing dashboard.

How to e-verify your ITR after generating an Aadhaar OTP

Step 1: Go to the e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) homepage and click e-verify Return.
Step 2: On the e-verify return page, enter your PAN, select the Assessment Year, enter the Acknowledgement Number of the ITR filed and the mobile number available with you, and click Continue.
Step 3: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number.
Step 4: Click 'Submit'.
Step 5: On the e-verify page, select I would like to verify using OTP on the mobile number registered with Aadhaar and click Continue.
Step 6: On the Aadhaar OTP page, select the 'I agree to validate my Aadhaar details' checkbox and click 'Generate Aadhaar OTP.'
Step 7: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on your mobile number registered with Aadhaar and click Validate.

How to e-verify your ITR using an existing Aadhaar OTP

Step 1: Go to the e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) homepage and click e-Verify Return.
Step 2: On the e-Verify return page, enter your PAN, select the Assessment Year, enter the Acknowledgement Number of the ITR filed and the mobile number available with you, and click Continue.
Step 3: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number
Step 4: Click Submit.
Step 5: On the e-Verify page, select 'I already have an OTP on mobile number registered with Aadhaar.
Step 6: Enter the 6-digit OTP available with you, and click Continue.

How to e-verify your ITR using an existing Electronic Verification Code (EVC)

Step 1: Go to the e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) homepage and click e-Verify Return.
Step 2: On the e-verify return page, enter your PAN, select the Assessment Year, enter the Acknowledgement Number of the ITR filed and the mobile number available with you, and click Continue.
Step 3: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number.
Step 4: Click Submit.
Step 5: On the e-verify page, select 'I already have an Electronic Verification Code (EVC)'.
Step 6: Enter EVC in the 'Enter EVC' textbox and click Continue.

How to e-verify after generating an Electronic Verification Code (EVC) through a bank account?

Step 1: Go to the e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) homepage and click e-verify Return.
Step 2: On the e-Verify Return page, enter your PAN, select the Assessment Year, enter the Acknowledgement Number of the ITR filed and the mobile number available with you, and click Continue.
Step 3: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number.
Step 4: Click Submit.
Step 5: On the e-verify page, select 'Through Bank Account' and click Continue.
Step 6: Enter the EVC received on your mobile number and email ID registered with your bank account in the 'Enter EVC' textbox and click e-Verify.