Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), under the Ministry of Finance, has issued Notification No. 45/2025 dated 7th May 2025, amending the Income-tax Rules, 1962, with effect from 1st April 2025. Titled the Income-tax (Seventeenth Amendment) Rules, 2025, the notification introduces revised formats for Form ITR-V and Form ITR-Acknowledgement under Appendix II.
The updated Form ITR-V is meant for taxpayers who have filed their income tax returns (ITR-1 to ITR-5 and ITR-7) but have not verified them electronically. It includes fields for personal and filing information along with a verification statement, a designated area for signature, and instructions on how to complete the verification process. Verification can be done electronically using Aadhaar OTP, Net Banking, EVC from a validated bank/demat account, or by sending a signed physical copy to the Centralized Processing Centre in Bengaluru via speed post. Submission within 30 days retains the original e-filing date; otherwise, the submission date is treated as the filing date.
The revised Form ITR-Acknowledgement applies to returns that have been filed and verified. It includes details such as PAN, filing section, income, tax payable or refundable, and tax paid, among others. It also records transmission and verification details, including IP address and verification mode. This form explicitly instructs not to send it to the CPC, Bengaluru.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
Notification No. 45/2025 -Income tax | Dated: 7th May, 2025
G.S.R. 294(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Seventeenth Amendment) Rules, 2025. (2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2025.
2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in Appendix II,––
(a) for FORM ITR-V, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely: —
| “FORM ITR-V |
INDIAN INCOME TAX RETURN VERIFICATION FORM [Where the data of the Return of Income in Form ITR-1 (SAHAJ), ITR-2, ITR-3, ITR-4(SUGAM), ITR-5, ITR-7 filed but NOT verified electronically] (Please see rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962) |
Assessment Year 2025-26 | ||||
| Name | ||||||
| PAN | Form Number | |||||
| Filed u/s | e-Filing Acknowledgement Number | |||||
| VERIFICATION | ||||||
| I, ______________ son/ daughter of _______________, solemnly declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information given in the return which has been submitted by me vide acknowledgement number is correct and complete and is in accordance with the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
I further declare that I am making this return in my capacity as _____________ and I am also competent to make this return and verify it. I am holding permanent account number _____________. |
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| Signature ⇒ | ||||||
| Date of submission |
Source IP address | |||||
| System Generated Barcode/QR Code | ||||||
| Instructions:
1. Please e- verify the electronically transmitted return data using Aadhaar OTP or Login to e-Filing account through Net-Banking login or EVC generated using Pre-Validated Bank Account/ Demat Account or EVC generated through Bank ATM. Alternately, you may send the duly signed (preferably in blue ink) Form ITR-V to “Centralized Processing Centre, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru 560500”, by SPEED POST ONLY. 2. Form ITR-V shall not be received in any other office of the Income-tax Department or in any other manner. The confirmation of receipt of this Form ITR-V at ITD-CPC will be sent to the e-mail Id registered in the e-filing account. 3. On successful verification, the return filing acknowledgement can be downloaded from e-Filing portal as a proof of completion of process of filing the return of Income. 4. Please sign only in the box provided for signature. Signature anywhere else other than the box provided can render the ITR-V invalid. 5. Where ITR data is electronically transmitted and ITR-V is submitted within 30 days of transmission of data – in such cases the date of transmitting the data electronically shall be considered as the date of furnishing the return of income. 6. Where ITR data is electronically transmitted but ITR-V is submitted beyond the time-limit of 30 days of transmission of data – in such cases the date of ITR-V submission shall be treated as the date of furnishing the return of income and all consequences of late filing of return under the Act shall follow.”; |
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(b) for FORM ITR- Ack, the following FORM shall, be substituted, namely: —
| “INDIAN INCOME TAX RETURN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | Assessment Year
2025-26 |
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| [Where the data of the Return of Income in Form ITR-1 (SAHAJ), ITR-2, ITR-3, ITR-4(SUGAM), ITR-5, ITR-6, ITR-7 filed and verified] (Please see rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962) | ||||||
| PAN | ||||||
| Name | ||||||
| Address | ||||||
| Status | Form Number | |||||
| Filed u/s | e-Filing Acknowledgement Number | |||||
| Taxable Income and Tax details |
Current Year business loss, if any | 1 | ||||
| Total Income | 1A | |||||
| Book Profit under MAT, where applicable | 2 | |||||
| Adjusted Total Income under AMT, where applicable | 3 | |||||
| Net tax payable | 4 | |||||
| Interest and Fee Payable | 5 | |||||
| Total tax, interest and Fee payable | 6 | |||||
| Taxes Paid | 7 | |||||
| (+)Tax Payable /(-)Refundable (6-7) | 8 | |||||
| Accreted Income and Tax Detail | Accreted Income as per section 115TD | 9 | ||||
| Additional Tax payable u/s 115TD | 10 | |||||
| Interest payable u/s 115TE | 11 | |||||
| Additional Tax and interest payable | 12 | |||||
| Tax and interest paid | 13 | |||||
| (+)Tax Payable /(-)Refundable (12-13) | 14 | |||||
| Income Tax Return electronically transmitted on DD-MM-YYYY 00:00:00 from IP address __________________ and verified by__________________________ having PAN_________________ on ______________________using *paper ITR-Verification Form / Electronic Verification Code _____________________ generated through ___________________________________mode | ||||||
| System Generated Barcode/QR Code | ||||||
*Strike off whichever is not applicable
DO NOT SEND THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO CPC, BENGALURU”.
[F. No. 370142/21/2025-TPL]
SURBENDU THAKUR, Under Secy., Tax Policy and Legislation
Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section(ii) vide number S.O. 969(E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and was last amended vide notification GSR 290(E), dated the 06 May, 2025.
Explanatory Memorandum- It is hereby certified that no person shall be adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to these rules.
