You have 30 days to e-verify your ITR to complete the process

To finish the return filing procedure, you must not only file your income tax returns on time, but also confirm that they were filed within the allotted time frame. If this isn't done in the allocated time, the ITR will be void. Should the assessee fail to validate the ITR within the specified timeframe, it would be considered invalid or not submitted.

You can e-Verify your returns online using:

OTP on mobile number registered with Aadhaar, or

EVC generated through your pre-validated bank account, or

EVC generated through your pre-validated demat account, or

EVC through ATM (offline method), or

Net Banking, or

Digital Signature Certificate (DSC).

The Income Tax Department reduced the time restriction for e-verification or hard copy filing of ITR-V to 30 days beginning August 1, 2022 via a notice dated July 29. That means taxpayers have to verify their returns within 30 days of filing to complete the process.

In case you are e-Verifying your return:
A success message will be displayed along with a Transaction ID

An email will be sent to your email ID registered with the e-Filing portal


In case you are an Authorized Signatory / Representative Assessee:

A success message will be displayed along with a Transaction ID

After successful verification, an email confirmation will be sent to the primary email ID of both Authorized Signatory's / Representative Assessee's and your email ID registered with e-Filing portal

If you do not verify in time, your return is treated as not filed and it will attract all the consequences of not filing ITR under the Income Tax Act, 1961. However, you may request condonation of delay in verification by giving appropriate reason. Only after submission of such a request, you will be able to e-Verify your return. However, the return will be treated valid only once the condonation request has been approved by the competent Income Tax Authority.

You do not need to send a physical copy of your ITR-V to CPC, Bangalore.

Verification of your ITR happens instantly, which saves you from the delay in transit of ITR-V.

You can e-Verify using any of the various methods - Aadhaar OTP / EVC (using pre-validated bank / demat account) / Net Banking / Digital Signature Certificate (DSC).

No. e-Verification is just one method of verifying your filed ITR. You can choose either of the two methods to verify your filed ITR:
e-Verify returns online, or

Send a physical copy of your duly signed ITR-V to CPC, Bangalore.