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How to create Income Tax Account with incometax.gov.in Site

eFiling your ITR requires incometax.gov.in (ITD) account creation. This guide shows how to create, login, and manage your account with images. eFiling your ITR requires account registration to eVerify, manage IT notice handling, and other correspondence from income tax department.



How to create Income Tax Account with incometax.gov.in Site

Step 1: Income Tax Portal login page

Go to https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal and click on login. If you don’t have account, please click on register and create an account.

IT Portal Home Page



IT Portal Login Page


Step 2: Select User Id

Enter the User Id (PAN / AADHAR / OTHER USER ID). Now click on Register.

Taxpayer needs to select user type, EZTax recommends to your registered PAN, and click continue.

For example: If the Tax payer is registering for Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) PAN, then taxpayer should select the 2nd option Hindu Undivided Family (HUF).




Step 3: Personal, Contact & Address Information

  1. Personal Details: In this block information will automatically extracts from the Step1: Basic Details.
  2. Contact Details: In this block tax payer should give e-mail Id and mobile number, this e-mail Id and mobile number will get the OTP’. Given e-mail Id and mobile number will use full to reset the password.
  3. Address Details: In this block tax payer should provide the present or permanent address.
OTP to verify NRI Accounts

If you are an NRI and do not have an Indian mobile number, you may give foreign mobile number but et times, you get OTP only through email.


View Form Basic Details

View Form Basic Details



Step 4: Provide OTP

Tax Payer need to enter two OTPs received to given mobile and e-mail separately and click on Validate.


View Form Validate



View Form confirmation

Step 5: Verify Details

After filling the total form, tax payer should click on Continue, then It will pop-up a window, it will ask the tax payer confirmation to receive the OTP’s given e-mail id and mobile number, If the given e-mail and mobile number are correct then tax payer should click on Confirm or else click on Back.




Step 6: Set the Password

Set the password for login of ITD portal.

View Form Secure



View Form Registration Completed


Step 7: Completion

Registration is completed, go to home page or click on “click here to login” in the same page to log in to your e-filing account.

User ID is PAN and Password is what ever given at the time of registration.




Want to download AIS Statement ?

AIS is a comprehensive statement containing details of the financial transactions undertaken by you for a given financial year (FY). Different from Form 26AS. Check @ How to View / Download AIS Statement ?

Want to download Form 26AS ?

Form 26AS is a TDS Credit statement, an important document when filing your taxes. Check @ How to View / Download Form 26AS ?


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