Organisation : Operation Clean Money
Service Name : E-Verification of Cash Deposit
Applicable States/ UTs : All Over India
Home Page : https://www.cleanmoney.gov.in/
Details Here : https://www.cleanmoney.gov.in/?q=content/how-e-verify
Clean Money E-Verification of Cash Deposit
Income Tax Department (ITD) intends to leverage technology and data analytics for effective utilization of demonetisation data i.e. transactions related to cash deposits during 9th Nov to 30th Dec 2016.
Related : Operation Clean Money Registration : www.statusin.in/36494.html
Therefore online verification has been enabled on e-filing portal (for taxpayers) which will be synchronised with the internal verification portal of ITD.
Email and SMS are being sent to the taxpayers informing that information has been received in the case and response may be submitted on the e-filing portal.
In cases where response is not received from taxpayers within reasonable time, other proceedings and enforcement actions shall be considered by department.
How to E-Verify
Registration of Taxpayer
Taxpayers who are not yet registered on the e-filing portal should register by clicking on the ‘Register Yourself’ link.
Process :
Step 1 : Go to the e-Filing portal of the Income Tax Department
Step 2 : Click on the “Register yourself” Button available on the home page. The registration page will open.
Step 3 : Select the User Type (such as Individual, Firm etc) and Click on “Continue” button.
Step 4 : Enter Basic Details and click on “Continue” button. After verification, the Registration Form will open.
Step 5 : Enter the details in the Registration Form and click on “Submit” button. On successful validation, Taxpayer will get the message “Registration successful”.
Step 6 : A confirmation e-mail with an activation link for account will be sent to the Email provided . An SMS along with OTP (One time Password) will also be sent to the Mobile number provided.
In order to activate the account, the taxpayer should click on the activation link and enter the OTP received by SMS on Mobile. On successful authentication, the account will be activatived.
Updating Contact Details
Registered taxpayers should verify and update their email address and mobile number on the e-filing portal to receive electronic communication.
Process :
Step 1 : Login to e-filing portal
Step 2 : Click on “My Profile” link under “Profile Settings” section and you will be directed to the “My Profile” page.
Step 3 : The contact details of the taxpayer will be displayed.
Step 4 : The user should update their personal Mobile number and Email ID so that the updated contact particulars are registered with the Department and taxpayer will be able to directly receive communication from the Department about status of processing and issue of refunds etc.
Upon submitting the details, Department would immediately send OTPs (PIN1 & PIN2) to new mobile number and Email ID.
Step 5 : The PINs (PIN1 and PIN2) received through Mobile number and E-mail ID should be entered in the respective input fields to authenticate that the email ID and mobile are correct.
Upon successful validation the Mobile number and Email ID would be updated in the taxpayer’s profile and the process would be complete.
Note :
** One mobile number or email ID can be used by a maximum of 10 user accounts as the their primary contact details of e-filing account.
This is to ensure that family members (not exceeding 10 separate users) not having personal email or mobile number can be covered under a common set of personal contact details, but in general taxpayers should have their own unique email ID and Mobile number registered with the Department.
** Taxpayers should verify and update their email address and mobile number on the e-filing portal to receive electronic communication.
** Taxpayer should include the emails and SMS from the Income tax Department in the ‘safe list’ or ‘white list’ to prevent the communications from the Department from being blocked or rejected or sent to Spam folder.
Verification of Case
Some cases will be selected for verification based on risk criteria. If the case is selected for verification, request for additional information and its response will also be communicated digitally.
The information request will be communicated to the PAN holder with a hyperlink for uploading information. An e-mail concerning the additional information will be sent to the e-mail id of the taxpayer.
The response of taxpayer will be assessed against available information and in case explanation of source of cash is found to be justified, the verification will be closed without any need to visit Income Tax Office. If cash deposit is declared under PMGKY, the verification will be closed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whether all cases will be selected for verification?
No. Data analytics will be used to select cases for verification, based on approved risk criteria.
Is response provided by me final or do I need to file additional information to support the claim?
You may need to provide additional information if your case is selected for further verification.
If any additional information is required, how shall I be intimated?
If the case is selected for verification, the request for additional information will be displayed on your e-filing portal and a communication will be sent to your e-mail id, as provided on e-filing portal.