How to Authenticate Notice issued by Income Tax Department?

September 5, 2022 / Notice / 2 minutes of reading

Introduction

Authenticate Notice : Every communication by Income Tax department issued on or after 1st October, 2019 shall bear an unique Document Identification Number(DIN).

In order to satisfy yourself that the notice/order or any communication received by you is genuine and issued by Income Tax Authority, you can authenticate any notice/order or any communication using this service.

Authenticate Notice / Order issued by ITD service is available to both registered and unregistered users of the e-Filing portal as a pre-login service to verify the authenticity of a Notice, Order, Summons, Letter or any correspondence issued by Income Tax Authorities.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE

Step 1: Go to the Income Tax Portal homepage.

Step 2: Click Authenticate Notice / Order issued by ITD under Quick Links.

Step 3: Select either of the following options to authenticate the notice / order –

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If you select the option – PAN, Document Type, Date of Issue and Mobile Number

Step A: Enter PAN, Document type, Assessment Year, Date of Issue and Mobile Number and Click Continue.

Step B: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number entered by you in Step 2 and click Continue.

Note :-

OTP will be valid for 15 minutes only.
You have 3 attempts to enter the correct OTP.
The OTP expiry countdown timer on screen tells you when the OTP will expire.
On clicking Resend OTP, a new OTP will be generated and sent.

Once the OTP is validated, the document number of the notice issued along with the date of issue of the notice will be displayed.

Note: In case no notice was issued by ITD, it will display a message – No record found for the given criteria.

If you select the option – Document Identification Number and Mobile Number

Step A: Select Document Identification Number and Mobile Number.

Step B: Enter Document Identification Number and Mobile Number and click Continue.

Step C: Enter the 6-digit OTP received on the mobile number entered by you in Step B and click Continue.

Note :-

OTP will be valid for 15 minutes only.
You have 3 attempts to enter the correct OTP.
The OTP expiry countdown timer on screen tells you when the OTP will expire.
On clicking Resend OTP, a new OTP will be generated and sent.

Success Message

Once the OTP is validated, a success message will be displayed.

Note: In case no notice was issued by ITD, it will display a message – No record found for the given Document Number.