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How will I know that the mail and SMS I have received is from the Income Tax department?

Raghu
Answered on January 27,2020

List of Email IDs used by the income tax dept

You can confirm that mail belongs to IT department if the mail is from any of the following email addresses.

@incometax.gov.in
@incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
@tdscpc.gov.in
@cpc.gov.in
@insight.gov.in
@nsdl.co.in
@utiitsl.com

The last two email ids belong to NSDL and UTIITSL, the only two agencies authorised by the I-T department to issue PAN cards.

List of SMS source code or sender IDs used by the income tax dept

You can confirm that SMS belongs to IT department if the SMS is from any of the following addresses.

ITDEPT
ITDEFL
TDSCPC
CMCPCI
INSIGT
SBICMP
NSDLTN
NSDLDP
UTIPAN

The last three ids are meant for PAN card related communication while the rest are used the I-T officials to send out various messages, reminders, etc to taxpayers.

Apart from this, the income tax department has two official websites - www.incometaxindia.gov.in and www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. The first one is a departmental website while the other one is meant for e-filing of income tax returns (ITR).

The I-T department also runs www.tdscpc.gov.in which gives out all information related to TDS (tax deduction at source). Other sites include www.insight.gov.in (compliance and reporting portal), www.nsdl.co.in and www.utiitsl.com (both for PAN cards).

If you receive an e-mail for find a website you think is pretending to be of income tax department, forward the e-mail or SMS or website URL to webmanager@incometax.gov.in or incident@cert-in.org.in," the income tax department says.

How will I know that the mail and SMS I have received is from the Income Tax department?

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