New Income Tax Department E-Filing Website- Registration and Login Process

A key enhancement to the site is the ease with which ITRs can be filed and the speed with which they may be processed to obtain returns and refunds.

Improved security, as well as different methods to access your account.

Improved, user-friendly dashboard with easy navigation. The UI is easy to navigate, and the role-based, classified menus aid in the processing of instructions and profile modifications.

You can reset your password if you've forgotten it. If your PAN is connected to your Aadhaar number, you can reset your password with a mobile OTP sent to your registered phone number.

One needs to follow the following steps to get registered on the income tax efiling website:

• Step 1: Visit the Income Tax Login Page
• Step 2: Click on the “Register Yourself” button appearing on the top right hand corner of the page.
• Step 3: Select the type of user you are, such as individual, partnership, company, trust, etc, and fill in other basic details as required such as PAN, name, DOB, etc.
• Step 4: After submitting the above details, you will receive an email for verification of your email address. After completing the verification process, fill and submit certain details such as password, personal details, etc.
• Step 5: A message “Registration successful”, an email along with an activation link, and a SMS with OTP.
• Step 6: Click on the activation link enter the OTP received to activate your account. Once these steps have been followed successfully, your account will be ready for income tax e-filing.

One can find out his/her TDS deduction details by viewing Form 26AS, which is issued by the income tax department. In order to check TDS deduction details, one needs to follow the given steps:

1. Visit https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal and log in to your account.
2. Go to the 'My Account' tab.
3. Click on 'View Form 26AS'.
4. Select 'Year' and 'PDF format'.
5. Download the file.

There are five ways of filing income tax returns:

1. Directly file the income tax return through offline or online mode.
2. With the help of tax return prepares (TRPs).
3. With the help of E-filing websites.
4. E-filling apps.
5. With the help of qualified chartered accountants.

The process of getting PAN card registered on an income tax website is the same as getting online registration done on an income tax website. So, you may refer to the FAQ given above.

Whether you are a taxpayer in India or not depends on your residential status, which is determined as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act. An individual can either be :

• Resident and ordinarily resident (ROR)
• Resident and not ordinarily resident (RNOR),
• Non resident. While almost the entire income from various sources of a ROR is taxable in India, the scope of taxability of income of RNOR is lower and for a non resident it ia the lowest.

The PAN card number is always the user ID. If you forget your password, you can recover it easily by clicking forgot password. You will have to validate yourself using your registered email ID. You can reset it from incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.

The e filing website password is used with the user id (which is the PAN of the taxpayer) to login to the income tax e filing site.

There are seven types of ITR forms which have been notified by the income tax department for filing income tax returns. They are ITR 1, ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR 4, ITR 5, ITR 6 & ITR 7. Each form applies to a particular class of taxpayers and is to be filled by them. For example, ITR 1 is filed by individual taxpayers who have earnings from salary or other sources and have one house. For more details on which ITR form to use and when, please visit https://tax2win.in/guide/itr-forms

An individual, while registering on the income tax efiling portal, shall keep the following details handy:

• PAN card details
• Mobile No
• Address Details
• Aadhar
• Email ID