How to e-verify your income tax return?

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Filing taxes comes with a long checklist, and in this thread, we’re talking about that one step that decides whether your return is actually processed by the income tax department or not.

What is e-verification?

E-verification is like a digital signature for your ITR. It’s the final step in the filing process, confirming that you’ve submitted the return, approve all the details, and want the Income Tax Department to process it.

Once filed, you need to e-verify the return within 30 days. If you skip this, your return will be considered invalid, and you’ll have to file again. And by that time, if the due date for filing ITR has already passed, you’ll end up paying late filing penalty.

How to e-verify your ITR?

E-verification is simple, and you have a few options to choose from:

Of all these options, e-verifying with the Aadhaar OTP is the quickest, hardly takes a minute!

How do you know your e-verification is complete?

After you e-verify your ITR, a success message will appear with a Transaction ID on your screen.

You’ll also receive a confirmation email on your registered email ID, as a proof that your return is officially filed.

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If I have filed a revised return, do I need to e-verify the original return or the previous return as well?

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Hi @Joe_Fernandes,

If you are filing a revised return, you can only verify the latest revised return. If the previous versions of revised returns or original return is not verified, it will ve deemed to be invalid and won’t be processed by the ITD.

e-verification using Aadhaar OTP is the most widely used and fastest method to verify your return.

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Hi,
I had filed and e-verified my return in November 2021. I still haven’t received my refund and got the same email. Do I need to do anything? and how long until I get my refund?

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Hey @Nihal,

In case you have successfully e-verified the return, you do not need to worry and can ignore the email.
Usually, the refund takes 6-9 weeks from the ITR being processed. However, it may vary based on the case-to-case basis.

You can track your refund using this tool

Hope this helps :slight_smile:

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I e-verified after 120 days for FY 20-21. I submitted a condonation request and then e-verified. I can see the status as “Sucessfully e-Verified after due date. Your condonation request is forwarded for approval. This return will be invalid till approved.”

Will my condonation get approved?
How long does it take to get any response?
What will be the next step if it gets rejected?

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Hi @abhishek_ranjan

You can track you refund using this tool

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Do I need to e-verify the ITR filed in response to defective return notice?

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hi @Archan434

No. There is no need to e-verify the ITR filed in response to defective return notice.

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@Sakshi_Shah1
@AkashJhaveri
@CA_Niyati_Mistry

As per the rule ITR filing is mandatory if the Income is more than the basic exemption limit .

Query :

What is the penalty if the ITR not filed ?

Since the Tax liability is zero .

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Hi @HIREiN

Income tax is mandatory in following cases:

  1. Income (before exemptions/deductions) exceeds basic exemption limit
  2. If you have foreign assets
  3. total deposits in current account > 1 crore
  4. expense on foreign travel > 2 lakh
  5. electricity charges > 1 lakh
  6. business sales > 60 lakh
  7. professional receipts >10 lakhs
  8. TDS/TCS > 25k (50k for senior citizen)
  9. deposits in savings account > 50 lakh

Incase ITR is not filed:

  • Losses incurred (such as house property loss, short term/long term capital loss, etc) cannot be carried forward.
  • Even if tax liability is zero, fees under section 234F may be applicable if ITR is filed after due date. See this article.
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(1) as you said : Income tax filing is mandatory in some cases …as you have mentioned above …
(2) Incase ITR is not filed : because : there are no loses incurred ; no taxable income etc ;
(3) you said : fees under section 234F may be applicable …

(4) BUT . : what if the taxable income is zero ?
because ; as you said : the quantum of the fees depends on the Taxable income of the taxpayer .
So , no fees ; no penalty ! right ?

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so . even if : Income tax filing is mandatory in some cases ; if some one does not file the I.T. returns ; there is No harm in it !

am i right ?

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Yes. Then there is no requirement to file. And no question of any penalty.

You may receive a notice from the tax department asking you the reason why the return has not been filed. Many people who are not filing returns are facing this situation nowadays since all information regarding interest, rent, purchase/sale of securities, immovable properties, etc is being reported in AIS (Annual Information Statement).

Then you will have to spend a lot of time and effort to comply with details requested from such a notice. So to save your time too - you can plan and file your returns well in advance of the due date.

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E-verifying your income tax return can be done online using several methods. The most common are Aadhaar OTP, net banking, a digital signature certificate, or an Electronic Verification Code generated through a pre-validated bank or Demat account.