Government of India
Ministry of Finance
04-July-2014 18:21 IST
A valid Email ID and Mobile Number to be Registered/Updated on the E-Filing Website of the
Income Tax Department
A valid Email ID and Mobile Number has to be registered/updated on the e-filing website of the Income Tax Department so that direct communication with taxpayer can be possible. For details, taxpayers can log on to: https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/eFiling/Portal/StaticPDF/Update_Contact_Details.pdf)
The Department
will send separate One Time Passwords (OTP) also referred as PIN on the mobile
and email provided by the taxpayer. The OTPs have to be entered by the taxpayer
after logging into their e-filing account to authenticate the same. The OTPs
will remain valid for 24 hours within which the taxpayer has to complete the
process. For ‘Foreign/ NRI’ taxpayers, the OTP validation of the email ID would
be sufficient.
Validation of
email and mobile numbers has been introduced to facilitate taxpayers as in many cases incorrect
emails and mobile numbers have been provided and taxpayers did not receive
important communication from the Department. Further, it has been observed that
in many cases taxpayers are not able to reset their password since the new
temporary password from the Department may be sent to their registered email
which may be different from the taxpayer’s personal email, e.g. email of their
intermediary.
This is a
one-time process to validate the mobile number and email ID. However, whenever
the taxpayer changes the Mobile Number or email ID in their Profile, the
process will be repeated to ensure that the particulars provided are correct.
Further, this validation will ensure that Department can send an OTP for resetting
the password used for Login in case the taxpayer has forgotten the password.
One mobile
number or email ID can be used for a maximum of 10 user accounts as the Primary
Contact- Mobile Number and Email ID in e-Filing. This is to ensure that family
members and related business concerns (not exceeding 10 separate users) not
having personal email or mobile can be covered under a common email or mobile,
but in general taxpayers should have their own unique email ID and Mobile
registered with the Department.
The taxpayer
can enter any other person’s email or mobile number in addition, as a Secondary
Contact (without any
restriction on the number of user accounts linked as a Secondary Contact).
Using “Profile Settings à My Profile” the taxpayer can select to include the
Secondary Contact to also
receive emails, alerts etc.
It is advised
that the emails and SMS from the Income tax Department may be included in the ‘safe list’ or ‘white list’ to
prevent the communications from the Department from being blocked or rejected
or sent to Spam folder. Taxpayers are also advised not to share their user-id
and password of their e-filing account with others to prevent un-authorized
access. Taxpayers can reset their password using the ‘Forgot Password?’ link
while logging in to their e-filing account and by providing the necessary
details.
The Department requests the
cooperation of all taxpayers for completing this validation process at the
earliest for a smooth and convenient return filing process.
REGARDS
COL LAMBA[ ONE MAN ARMY]
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