E-filing Vault-Procedure to Protect your Income Tax Account

Announcing the e-Filing Vault Option

Protect your Income Tax Department e-Filing account!

Dear Taxpayer,

In order to ensure that you are able to secure your E-filing account against any fraudulent login attempts, the Income Tax Department has introduced a new facility called the “E-filing Vault”. In order to use this facility, you can log in to your E-filing Account and in the profile page select “E-filing Vault – higher security”. Click here to know more.

Change your password to a strong password – Use at least one uppercase, one special character and one numeral – do not share your password with anyone.

Example: Xasft$9056

Select the option to Reset Password using only:

Digital Signature Certificate

NetBanking redirection

Aadhaar OTP

No other person will be able to reset your password

Select the Option to Login to your e-Filing Account using only:

Digital Signature Certificate

NetBanking redirection

Aadhaar OTP

No other person will be able to login to your account using your user id or password even if you had shared the password with someone else in the past.

Lock up your e-Filing account! Be Secure!

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