Is my Income Tax Return awaiting Acknowledgement?

After you complete e-filing your income tax returns on All India ITR you would receive a call and an email confirming the submission of your ITR. Then you would be given a reminder that you need to e-verify the return on the income tax login portal.

E-verification is akin to signing your income declaration. Without this signature your return is not considered valid. Note that if you fail to fill the ITR-V verification form then your return is as good as not filed and liable to attract penalty and interest for late submission.

Last year, nearly 9% of all income tax return filers failed to furnish their ITR-Vs due to which they received notices after the expiry of 120 days from the date of ITR submission.

To check the status of your pending ITR-V please follow the steps given below:

1. The first step is to go the official income tax login portal and click on ITR status under the Quick Links section.
   You will see a screen as shown above. The acknowledgment number that you receive upon successful submission of the ITR is required to view ITR status here.
2. If you have not filled up ITR-V or not e-verified your ITR the status would be instantly available on this screen under “ITR Status”.
   
   

Income tax returns are compulsory this year but you’re pressed for time! E-file on the go now.