Income Tax department asks taxpayers to send ITRV by speed post

31 Mar 2014 Evaluate

For facilitating better taxpayer services while filing income tax returns online, a paper copy of the Income Tax Return Verification (ITRV) form would now be required to be sent through 'speed post' to the Central Processing Centre (CPC) of the Income Tax (IT) Department in Bengaluru. ITRV is issued as an acknowledgement to returns filed online.

In a bid to further simplify e-filing system, the IT department has now changed the procedure and disallowed sending the paper system statements through ordinary post or to a designated post box number. As per the new development, even if the new document is not received at CPC, the taxpayer would have a documentary proof to show that his ITRV was sent through post to CPC, which would do the needful.

Further, in order to weed out the hassle of sending by post a hard copy of e-filed return, the Income Tax (IT) Department is also contemplating to bring in the facility of electronic signatures for taxpayers to endorse their bona-fides. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex office to formulate policies for the Income Tax Department, is also preparing to implement the new mechanism by the end of the next financial year in March, 2015.

CBDT will work closely with the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, to establish the legal position and technology requirements, respectively, before it operationalises the new protocols for the e-returns.

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