Income tax department had activated, the Aadhar and Net banking based e-filing verification system (EVC) for tax payers to file the first appeal before a tax officer (CIT – Appeals). E-filing of appeals by Digital Signature was activated few days ago.

One EVC can be used to validate one form of the assessee irrespective of the assessment year. The EVC will be stored against the assessee PAN along with other verification details. The EVC will be valid for 72 hours or otherwise specified.