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Today is the last day for filing your income tax return or ITR for the financial year

2014-15.
But even after filing your ITR online, your job won't still be over!
Here is a six-point checklist for taxpayers to be observed after e-filing of ITR online.

Most of us think that we are done away with our e-filing task as soon as we submit the ITR online. And perhaps this notion
is one of the main causes for the troubles and income tax notices faced by taxpayers after e-filing.
For instance the taxpayers are supposed to verify their income tax return after e-filing and failing to do so may treat their efiled ITR as invalid. Likewise, ignorance of other things may either lead to additional tax demand or loss of tax refunds.
1. Verify the ITR or dispatch ITR-V
The primary thing that one should do just after e-filing is that either s/he should e-verify her/his ITR or dispatch ITR-V to
CPC Bangalore. The detailed manner of doing this is discussed below. Remember that you have to verify the ITR by any one of
the following mode.
A. Electronic verification of ITR
The IT department has suggested two methods of verifying the ITR electronically. For electronic verification, you need to login
to incometaxindiae-filing.gov.in and navigate to 'E-Verify Return' option of the main menu.
i. The first method is through linking your Aadhar Card with your PAN number and thereafter generating OTP (one time
password) which gets delivered at your registered mobile number and thereafter you will have to enter this OTP to validate
your e-filing.
ii. The second method is through generating electronic verification code (EVC) which gets delivered at registered mobile
number or email ID. This electronic verification code is then used to verify your ITR. The main drawback of the second

method is that it cannot be used by those taxpayers who are seeking any ITR or if they have total income of more than Rs 5
lakh.
B. Dispatching ITR-V to CPC, Bangalore
If you have not verified your ITR electronically then you are supposed to send signed copy of ITR-V to CPC, Bangalore within
120 days of e-filing. ITR-V is the acknowledgement form that you get after filing your ITR. It must be signed and sent to CPC,
Bengaluru within 120 days of e-filing your ITR. The address to send via ordinary post or Speed Post is:
Income Tax Department-CPC,
Post Box No-1,
Electronic City Post Office,
Bangalore-560200, Karnataka
It must not be sent by courier or other means. However, if you have signed the return by digital signature, then posting of ITRV form to CPC, Bangalore is not required.
If you forget to e-verify your ITR or fail to dispatch ITR-V to CPC Bangalore then it will be considered as if you have not filed
your income tax return and the IT department will not process your ITR.
2. Track the ITR-V receipt status
If you have opted to verify the ITR by sending signed copy of ITR-V then you must continuously track the receipt status of
ITR-V at CPC, as you will get an alert for non-receipt of ITR-V due to postal loss. Once Central Processing Unit Bangalore
receives your ITR-V form, it dispatches an email acknowledging the receipt of ITR-V which should reach you within a month
of sending ITR-V to CPC Bangalore.
There are a number of ways to check whether CPC Bangalore received your ITR-V form or not. These are:

CPC Bangalore sends the email acknowledgment to e-mail ID which you have mentioned in your ITR. If you don't
receive such mail then please check your SPAM folder.
You can also check whether CPC Bangalore received ITR-V form or not by entering PAN and assessment year or by
filing the e-filing acknowledgment number on the ITR-V Receipt status tab under Services section of e-filing website.
It can also be checked by calling CPC Bangalore at 1800-4250-0025.
3. Track the intimation status
After e-verification of ITR, wait for around one month to get the intimation from IT department under section 143(1). You will
receive another email from IT department once your income tax return gets processed. This email is called Intimation
under section u/s 143(1). Intimation tells you the details about your total TDS deducted, total tax paid, and deductions, if
any.
In intimation, you will also find information about any difference between the amount of income, deductions, income tax
payable, TDS or income tax paid by in you in your tax return with respect to amount which income tax officer computed u/s
143(1). The same is reflected in the following 2 columns of intimation:
a. Income tax as provided by taxpayer in return of income
b. Income tax payable as computed by income tax office u/s 143(1)
Analysing intimation u/s 143 (1) is of great importance as it will tell you whether the IT department has accepted the details
furnished by you in your income tax return as is or whether it differs in the tax calculations of income reported by you. In such
a case, you may have to take corrective actions. Consequently you will also get to know whether you are entitled for any income
tax refund or if you are liable to pay any more taxes.
4. Pay additional tax if the intimation specifies so:

If the Intimation Received u/s 143(1) specifies that the tax paid by you is less than what is computed by the IT department
then this intimation becomes Notice of Demand u/s 156.
For example, if you have paid income tax of Rs 500,000 while the IT department computed your income tax as Rs 530,000
then it will be treated as fall of tax paid. In such case, if you feel that the IT department computation is correct then you can
pay the short fall amount and if you think that there is a mistake then you will have to prove your case as per the necessary
procedure.
5. Track income tax refund status
In case the income tax paid is more than what is computed by the IT department then the taxpayer is entitled for tax refund.
From this year onwards, the refund will be directly deposited in the bank account mentioned in income tax return. The tax
refund status can be checked by logging to the account at www.incometaxindiae-filing.gov.in. Alternatively the same can also
be checked at https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.html, after the ITR gets processed.
6. Make sure to keep income tax records:
Even if you are done with filing of income tax return, it is very important to keep record of all the paper work safely as legal
proceedings under the income tax act can be initiated within a span of six years and therefore keep all income tax related
documents safely for at least seven years. Following records are advisable to be kept for future references.
Form 16, Form 12 B
Filed ITR along with ITR-V
Copy of Challan for tax paid
Tax deducted at source (TDS), Form 16A

Tax exemption documents


Bank account statements
Gifts deeds
Intimation from the IT department (soft copy email) and hardcopy etc.

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