What is ITR-V?

ITR-V stands for “Income Tax Return- Verification" form.

After filing the Income-tax return, department verifies your submission and generates ITR-V as acknowledgement of filing the return. After receiving ITR-V, the same is to be printed and the signed copy of ITR-V is to be sent to CPC, Bangalore to verify the authenticity of your e-filing. Click here - To know where and how to sent ITR-V.

You need not send the ITR-V to CPC, Bangalore if you e-verify the return. To know how to e-verify the return, click here.

How to download your ITR-V from the Department portal?

Once a return is e-filed, Income-tax Department sends the ITR-V to the registered Email ID available in their database for that particular PAN.

You need to check in your Email first in order to download the ITR-V. Sometimes it take 2-3 days to receive the ITR-V. If you wish to download the ITR-V manually, please follow below steps:

Step 1:

Visit https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and click on "Login Here" option in case you already have an account on this website or click on "Register Yourself" button to create a new account.

Step 2:

Enter your credentials to login to the portal. 

Step 3:

After login click on "e-Filed Returns/Forms" under "My Account" section from top menu.

Step 4:

Select "Income-tax Return" from the drop-down and then click on 'Submit' button.

Step 5:

Click on the "Ack. No." to open the option to download ITR-V. Click on "ITR-V / Acknowledgement" to get your ITR-V. The password of your ITR-V is the combination of PAN (in lower case) and Date of Birth (in ddmmyyyy format). For example, if your PAN is AAAPA1111A and Date of Birth is 28/12/1986, then your password will be aaapa1111a28121986

You need to print this ITR-V. Sign it and post it to CPC, Bangalore to complete your e-filing process. Address of CPC is given at the bottom of every ITR-V, or you can also E-verify your return to complete your return filing process.

You need not send the ITR-V to CPC, Bangalore if you e-verify the return. To know how to e-verify the return, click here.