Income Tax Login : It is mandatory for every taxpayer in India to be a registered user on the Income tax department website. Being a registered user, one can access previous years tax returns, e-verify the income tax returns, check refund status etc.
Visit the income tax portal and click on the ‘Login’ button on top right hand corner.
Enter your credentials to login to your account. Note: User ID is your PAN card number.
After proceeding further, confirm your secure access message and enter the correct password.
Next, click on skip and it will take you to the dashboard page.
If you have not registered till now! with income tax portal here is the process for registration
Prior to registering on the income tax portal, one must ensure they have following details:
Minor, lunatic or idiot and those who are barred by Indian Contract Act, 1872 are incompetent to register on the income tax portal.
Step 1: Visit the income tax department portal
On the homepage, click ‘Register’ on the top right hand side of the page.
Step 2: Enter your PAN
Enter PAN and click on ‘validate’. Select ‘Yes’ if you are filing as an individual and click on ‘Continue’.
Step 3: Enter the Basic Details
Enter basic details such as first name, middle name and last name. And select gender and residential status. Step 4: Provide contact details
To complete the registration process, fill in the following details:
After correctly entering all the details, click on ‘Continue’.
Step 5: Verification
On submitting the form, a 6-digit OTP will be sent to your mobile number and the email ID provided. Enter the OTPs correctly to successfully verify the details.
Please note that in case of non-residents the OTP is only sent on the registered email address.
Step 6: Verify the details entered
After validating the OTP, you will get a new window to verify the entered details.
If you want make some corrections, you can go back to the previous screen, do the necessary corrections, and validate the information with the OTP.
Step 7: Set password
After verification, set a password for your account and set up a secure login message. The password should be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and special characters.
Step 8: Click on ‘Register’.
Click on ‘Register’ button and you will receive an acknowledgement number after successful registration.
You cannot log in to the income tax e-filing portal without a password. However, you may consider clicking on “forgot password” and reset your password. You can choose to reset your password using any of the below three options:
PAN number of a person is the user ID for income tax login.
Log on to income tax filing portal www.incometax.gov.in, please go to ‘My profile’ by clicking on your profile image > contact. Click on edit button on the right hand corner and change the mobile number.
You can register yourself as a chartered accountant and login as a CA. To do the same, please log on to income tax e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in and select ‘Register’ from the top right corner of the home page. Click on ‘Others’ tab and select category as ‘Chartered Accountant’ and click ‘Continue’. A new window will ask you details like membership number , enrollment date, PAN, name and date of birth. On successful validation, the contact details page will appear. Enter all mandatory contact details such as mobile number, email ID and address and click on ‘Continue’. You will receive a six-digit OTP on your registered mobile number and email ID. Enter OTP number received and click on ‘Continue’. Verify your details and confirm to proceed further. In the next page, you will be required to set your password. Set your password and click on ‘Register’. As a chartered accountant your login ID would be the membership number and not your PAN number. Password would be as you choose as per the password policy.
RSA token number known as request service acceptance is a secure user’s authentication system. There is a need for secured authentication system like RSA token in a important department like income tax which maintain comprehensive database of top taxpayers and wealth owners. This token is given by the income tax department to its eligible officers for maintaining high security and confidentiality for taxpayers.
The Income tax department uses the name as available in your PAN card. Hence to change name in the records of income tax you will require to change the name in your PAN card. If you wish to change the name, then you will have to make ‘name correction’ for PAN. Click here to read more about it.
To register digital certificate, please follow the below mentioned steps :
Login to SBI net banking portal with your credentials, Go to etax> Direct taxes. A new window will open , select ‘Log in to e-filing’. Select the account number registered with the income tax portal and click on ‘submit’. You will receive an OTP , once you confirm the same you will be redirected to income tax e-filing portal.
Income tax department has authorized certain banks to allow login to the e- filing portal through net banking. Here is a list of the banks authorized. Please log in at your authorized banks net banking with credentials and navigate for services related to e filing. Upon clicking on the link, you will be directly able to log in to the income tax e-filing portal .
There are two options to log in on income tax e-filing portal, either directly on www.incometax.gov.in or you can log on using your internet banking if your bank is authorized by income tax department. A taxpayer cannot login using DSC directly.
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