ITR Verification: The Income Tax Department has issued an alert for its crores of taxpayers. The IT department has said that if taxpayers do not complete the e-verification process after filing ITR for FY 2022-23 and Assessment Year 2023-24, then your return will be invalid. In such a situation, complete this work as soon as possible. Otherwise fine may have to be paid.

Income tax department alerted

The Income Tax Department on its official X ie Twitter handle said that dear taxpayers, complete the process of your e-filing today itself! Complete the e-verification by the methods given below. After filing ITR, it is necessary to complete the verification process within 30 days. If you do not do this, you may have to pay the penalty later.

Dear Taxpayers,

Complete the e-filing process today!

Please find below the modes of e-verification of return.
Remember to verify your ITR within 30 days of filing. Delayed verification may lead to levy of late fee in accordance with provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.… pic.twitter.com/bu7jrXLFNH

— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) August 26, 2023

Why is it necessary to complete e-verification?

As per the rules of the Income Tax Department, it is necessary to complete the process of e-verification after filing the income tax return. It is necessary to do this work within 30 days of filing ITR. If you have filed IT return in the last week of July, then the deadline for its e-verification is near. If you do not complete this work, then that return will be considered invalid.

How to complete e-verification?

- Keep in mind that it is considered best to complete the e-verification at the same time as filing the income tax return.

- For e-verification, the IT department has provided the option of five platforms such as bank account, net banking, bank ATM, Aadhaar or demat account.

- To complete the e-verification, first visit the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department.

- After this enter your PAN number and password.

- As soon as you login, you will see the option of e-verification.

- Choose from your Net Banking, Bank ATM, Aadhaar, Demat Account or Bank Account

- If the Aadhaar option is selected, then OTP will come on the number linked to it, enter it.

- After this the process of e-verification will be completed easily.