Guide to printing and sending ITR-V to CPC – Income Tax Department Bangalore

After e-filing your Income Tax Return (ITR) without a digital signature, you must verify the ITR-V electronically or offline within 30 days of filing your ITR. ITR-V is an acknowledgement of receiving the taxpayer’s ITR by the Income Tax Department. The verification of ITR-V  is crucial for completing the ITR filing process. It also ensures the authenticity and correctness of the ITR being filed. However, it will be considered invalid if you don’t verify your ITR. If you choose to verify via ITR-V, you must send the signed copy of ITR-V in blue ink to the Centralised Processing Centre (CPC), Bengaluru, by speed post.

If you are sending ITR-V to the income tax department for verification, refer to this guide for the manner and format in which it should be sent.

What is ITR-V?

ITR-V stands for Income Tax Return- Verification. It is is a one-page document, which you need to sign preferably in blue ink and send via speed post to the Centralised Processing Centre, Bengaluru. ITR-V is proof of your ITR being filed with the Income Tax Department.

With effect from 1st August 2022, ITR-V should be sent within 30 days of return filing. The date on which a signed copy of ITR-V is received at CPC, Bengaluru, is considered for determining the 30-day period. 

You cannot courier the ITR-V and do not need to send any supporting documents along with the ITR-V. Just the one-page signed ITR-V sent by Speed Post Only. 

Address of CPC, Bengaluru for Speed Post

A unique PINCODE 560500 has been allotted to the Centralized Processing Centre (CPC), Income Tax Department, located in Bengaluru by the Department of Post. Taxpayers can henceforth address their mails to “Centralized Processing Center, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru 560500” for the purpose of submission of ITR-V forms and other documents that require a physical mode of transmission.

CPC Address

Centralised Processing Center,

Income Tax Department,

Bengaluru, Karnataka 560500

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Detailed Instructions Provided by the Income Tax Department

• Please use the inkjet /laser printer to print the ITR-V Form.
• Avoid printing on the Dot Matrix printer.
• The ITR-V Form should be printed only in black ink.
• Do not use any other ink option to print ITR-V.
• Ensure that the printout is clear and not a light print/faded copy.
• Please do not print any water marks on ITR-V. The only permissible watermark is that of “Income tax Department” which is printed automatically on each ITR-V.
• The document that is mailed to CPC should be signed in original in BLUE INK.
• A photocopy of signatures will not be accepted.
• The signatures or any handwritten text should not be written on the barcode.
• Bar code and numbers below the barcode should be clearly visible.
• Only A4 size white paper should be used.
• Avoid typing anything at the back of the paper.
• Perforated paper or any other size paper should be avoided.
• Do not use a stapler on the ITR-V acknowledgement.
• In case you are submitting original and revised returns, do not print them back to back. Use two separate papers for printing ITR-Vs separately.
• More than one ITR-V can be sent in the same envelope.
• Please do not submit any annexures, covering letters, pre-stamped envelopes etc. along with ITR-V.
• The ITR-V form is required to be sent to the Centralised Processing Center, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560500, by speed post.
• With effect from 1st August 2022, i.e. for the returns filed after 31st July 2022, ITR-V should be sent via speed post within 30 days of return filing.
• ITR-Vs that do not conform to the above specifications may get rejected or acknowledgement of receipt may get delayed.
• Please note, that if your verification is pending, then the ITR-V is not proof of having filed your return.

Consequences of not E-verifying or Physically Sending the ITR V

The 30-day period starts from the date of filing, not from the end of the financial year. If you don’t verify within 30 days, your return is considered invalid.

If you e-verify the return after 30 days or physically send the ITR V to the CPC Bengaluru, then the date of e-verification or  the day when the Form ITR-V is received at Centralized Processing Centre, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru would be treated as the date of filing the Income Tax Return and all consequences of Income Tax Act, 1961, shall accordingly will be applicable.