In a move to facilitate taxpayers through e-enabled services, the finance ministry said the income tax return for assessment year 2015-16 can now be verified electronically. To ease tax filing, the Income- Tax department has started the process of online verification of Income Tax Returns (ITRs), thereby ending the practice of sending paper acknowledgement to its office in Bengaluru.A taxpayer can verify return through Internet banking or through Aadhar-based authentication process.
Further, any taxpayer, whose income is Rs 5 lakh or below per annum and has no refund claims, he or she can straightaway generate the ‘Electronic Verification Code’ (EVC) for e-filing and validating their ITR through their registered mobile number and e-mail ID with the department.
