To file your ITR, you have to register yourself on the Income Tax department's e-filing website. The process of registrations is quite easy and simple. You must have your PAN card to enter the details as required on the registration portal. Also, while registering yourself on the portal you will be required to provide your mobile number and email address, which is mandatory.
Before starting the process of registration, ensure that you have the following details:
(a) Valid PAN,
(b) Valid mobile number,
(c) Valid current address,
(d) Valid Email address.
Follow the steps below to register yourself:
(a) Visit www.incometaxindia.gov.in. Click on 'Register yourself'.
(b) Select the user type:
Individual from the list of options available. Click on 'continue'. Apart from Individuals, only those users can register themselves on the e-filing website:
(i) Hindu Undivided family (HUF),
(ii) Other than individual/HUF,
(iii) External Agency,
(iv) Chartered Accountants,
(v) Tax deductor and collector,
(vi) Third Party Software Utility Developer.
(c) Enter the details:
PAN, Surname, Middle Name, First Name, Date of Birth (mentioned in PAN), residential status. Click on 'submit'. Fields marked with asterisk sign are mandatory to be filled. Once details are filled, click on continue:
(d) You will be required to fill other details such as password, mobile number, landline number, email ID and address. Ensure that you have filled this information correctly. Income tax department will using your contact details to send you sms/mails. Apart from this, you need to choose two secret questions which will be used in case you want to reset the password of your account. Keep these questions and answers safe. Click on continue once all the required details are filled in registration form.
(e) You will be required to verify your registration to complete the process. A one-time password (OTP) will be sent to your mobile number and a verification link will be sent to your email address. Enter the OTP received and click on the link received to successfully register yourself on the e-filling website.
Login on income tax e-filing website
Once you have successfully registered yourself, you can now login to your account on income tax website. Your PAN will be your User ID to login to your account. You will need to enter your password and captcha to log-in to your account.
Apart from Income tax department's website, you can also access to your account on the e-filing website via net banking. You must be a registered net banking user. Currently, the Net banking facility of 34 banks can be used to access the e-filing website.
Here is the details of banks, allow access to e-filing website:
https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/main/bank_netbanking
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