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How to reset Income Tax e-Filing Password?

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Ways to Reset Income Tax e-Filing Password

Kindly remember that the income tax website does not provide any alternative of recovering the old password. You can setup a new password by easily resetting your password. After creating the password, you can easily login again via new password.

There are four ways to reset your e-filing password –

  1. By answering a secret question
  2. By uploading DSC
  3. By using OTP (PIN’s)
  4. By using Aadhaar OTP

Reset Income Tax e-Filing Password by Answering a Secret question

  • Step - 1 – Go to home page and click on “Login here”.
  • Step - 2 – Click “Forgot password link”.
  • Step - 3 – Input “User ID”, ‘Captcha” and click on “Continue button”.
  • Step - 4 - Select the “Secret question” from the drop down list and then click on “Continue button”.
  • Step - 5 – Choose “Date of birth/incorporation date” from the calendar (Mandatory)
  • Step - 6 - Select the “Secret question” from the drop down list (Mandatory)
  • Step - 7 – Enter the “Secret answer” and click on “Submit” button
  • Step - 8 – After successful submission, user must enter the new password and confirm it.
  • Step - 9 – After confirming the password, Click on “Submit” button.

After successfully changing the password, a message will be displayed and the user is permitted to login with the new password.

Reset Income Tax e-Filing Password by uploading DSC

  • Step - 1 – Go to home page and click on “Login here”.
  • Step - 2 – Click “Forgot password link”.
  • Step - 3 – Input “User ID”, ‘Captcha” and click on “Continue button”.
  • Step - 4 – Select “Upload digital signature certificate” from drop down list.
  • Step - 5 – User can select any of the two options –
    1. New DSC
    2. Registered DSC
  • Step - 6 – User must upload the signature file generated with the help of DSC management utility. Click on “Validate” button to validate the DSC.
  • Step - 7 - After successful validation, user must enter the new password and confirm it
  • Step - 8 – After confirming the password, Click on “Submit” button.

After successfully changing the password, a message will be displayed and the user is permitted to login with the new password.

Reset Income Tax e-Filing Password by using OTP (PIN’s)

  • Step - 1 – Go to home page and click on “Login here”.
  • Step - 2 – Click “Forgot password link”.
  • Step - 3 – Input “User ID”, ‘Captcha” and click on “Continue button”.
  • Step - 4 - Select “Using OTP (PIN’S)” from the drop down list and click on “Continue” button.
  • Step - 5 – User can select any of the two options –
    1. Registered e-mail ID and mobile number
    2. New e-mail ID and mobile number
Registered e-mail Id and mobile number New e-mail id and mobile number

Step - 1 – Registered mobile number & e-mail Id will be displayed.

Step - 2 Click “Validate”. After validation, PIN’s will be sent to your E-mail id and Mobile number.

Step - 3 The user must enter the PIN’s received on registered e-mail Id and mobile number and click on “Validate”.

Step - 4 After successful validation, user must enter the new password and confirm it.

Step - 5 After confirming the password. Click on “Submit” button.

Step - 6 After the submission of reset password request, a success message will be displayed. Now, user can easily login via new password.

Step - 1 – User need to enter new e-mail Id, mobile number and one of the three options mentioned below (This is applicable in case user has filed previously)

  • 26AS TAN – Here, user must enter TAN of Deductor as mentioned in 26AS statement.
  • OLTAS CIN –Here, user must enter the BSR code, challan date as well as challan identification number as mentioned in 26AS statement.
  • Bank account number – Here, user must enter the bank account number as mentioned in 26AS statement.

Note – Kindly enter the details as per any of the e-filed returns from AY 2014-15 onwards.

Step - 2 – Click “Validate”. After validation, PIN’s will be sent to your E-mail id and Mobile number.

Step - 3 – The user must enter the PIN’s received on registered e-mail Id and mobile number and click on “Validate”.

Step - 4 – After successful validation, user must enter the new password and confirm it.

Step - 5 – After confirming the password. Click on “Submit” button.

Step - 6 – After the submission of reset password request, a success message will be displayed. Now, user can easily login via new password.

Note –
  • In case user didn’t receive PIN’s in a reasonable time, user can click on resend PIN’s option to generate the new PIN’s again.
  • An e-mail will be shared to the registered e-mail Id and new e-mail ID of the user along with the link for “Cancellation for the password reset request”. In case the user identifies that the request sent for resetting the password is unauthorized, then user can click on cancellation link within 12 hours. PAN and date of birth validation should be done before aborting the password reset request.

Reset Income Tax e-Filing Password by using Aadhaar OTP

The steps for resetting password by using “Aadhaar OTP” are as follows –

Step - 1 – Go to home page and click on “Login here”.

Step - 2 – Click “Forgot password link”.

Step - 3 – Input “User ID”, ‘Captcha” and click on “Continue button”.

Step - 4 – Select “Using Aadhaar OTP” from drop down list.

Step - 5 – User will be redirected to a page where he has to confirm his “Aadhaar number”. Click on “Generate Aadhaar OTP”.

Step - 6 – Aadhaar OTP will be generated and sent to user’s registered mobile number. Then, user need to enter the Aadhaar OTP received on mobile in order to validate it. Click on “Validate button” and the Aadhaar OTP is validated.

Step - 7 – After successful validation, user must enter the new password and confirm it

Step - 8 – After confirming the password, Click on “Submit” button.

After successfully changing the password, a message will be displayed and the user is permitted to login with the new password.

Reset Income Tax e-Filing Password through Net banking Facility

A user can also reset the password through Net Banking facility and the steps are as follows –

Step - 1 – Go to home page and click on “Login here”.

Step - 2 – Click “Forgot password link”.

Step - 3 – Input “User ID”, ‘Captcha” and click on “Continue button”.

Step - 4 – Click on link “e-filing login through net banking”

Step - 5 – Choose the bank from the list of banks providing the e-filing login facility.

Step - 6 – Login to your net banking account and click on the link “Login to the IT e-filing account”, the dashboard screen of the user will be displayed.

Step - 7 – Now, user can easily change the password under profile settings.