<p><em><strong>Sunil Dhawan </strong>explains the whole process for you</em><br><br>Maybe the long awaited wish of most taxpayers has finally been fulfilled. Many would still remember the old days of standing in long queues for hours to merely submit and get the income tax return form stamped by the income tax authorities as an acknowledgment that the form has been filed. Today, while e-filing is in place, the ITRV needs to be sent across the department’s Bengaluru office through courier or speed post in case the filing is being done without the Digital Signature. This last leg of the entire online process hasn’t gone well with tax payers. From this year onwards, the need to send courier has been done away with. After the filing is over online, one has to merely validate the same on one’s mobile.<br><br>The tax department has come out with EVC- Electronic verification code for electronically filed income tax return. It is a code generated for the purpose of electronic verification of the person filing the online return. EVC is a 10-digit alpha numeric number and will be unique to each PAN of the tax payer. One may use more than one way to generate and obtain EVC and it can be generated multiple times.<br><br><strong>Ways to Generate EVC</strong><br>Log- in to e-filing website through net banking – Banks provides facility to e-file through their websites by re-directing the accountholder to the e-filing website. EVC can be generated thereafter.<br><br><strong>Using Aadhaar authentication: Here are the steps:</strong><br>1. Provide Aadhaar number while e-filing.<br>2. Aadhaar number gets linked to your PAN and will be verified on the basis of name, date of birth and gender as per PAN database with similar data available under his Aadhaar with UIDAI.<br>3. If the Aadhaar authentication in this manner is successful, the Verifier's Aadhaar will be linked to his PAN.<br>4. Thereafter, an OTP will be generated and sent to the mobile number. This Aadhaar OTP will be the EVC generated under this Aadhaar Authentication and OTP mode and can be used to verify the Assessee's Income Tax return.<br><strong>Watch outs: </strong>This Aadhaar OTP could be valid for 10 minutes and remember to use the same registered number that is mentioned in PAN and Aadhaar details.<br><br><strong>Using ATM of bank : Here are the steps:</strong><br>1. Access the ATM of the Bank using ATM (Debit/Credit) card.<br>2. Select the 'Generate EV’ for Income Tax Return Filing' option on the ATM screen (A new option that will be available at ATMs of specified banks).<br>3. Bank will communicate this request to the Income Tax Department E-Filing website which will generate the EVC and send to your registered mobile number.<br><strong>Watch outs:</strong> Confirm if ATM card is linked to PAN validated bank account and the Bank is registered with the Income Tax department for providing this service.<br><br>Registered mobile number in Aadhaar records is the most crucial link in EVC verification process. For security reasons it has been therefore kept restricted to mobile number. However, for all those, whose total income as per the Income Tax Return is Rs. 5 lakh or below and there is no refund claim, the EVC can be generated on the E-filing website and can be received both at Registered Email id and mobile number.<br><br> </p>
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