Income Tax Lists Out Its Genuine Communication Sources

In a bid to safeguard it's taxpayers, the department of income tax time and again issues some warnings. And its latest mail floated on Thursday, the department has listed out sources that are indeed genuine from which taxpayers can be intimated on various tax-related issues. The department has provided a list of such authentic websites, SMS, email etc. This information is also being carried on the department's site:

So, with rising frauds, one needs to be extra cautious and safeguard one's hard earned money:

And such that you as taxpayers can prevent any income tax related fraud, the department has released the details of sources which taxpayers can rely on or rather consider them to be from the department of income tax only and not through any of the other fake channels:

In respect of the emails, the communication can be routed through any of these links:
• @incometax.gov.in
• @incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
• @tdscpc.gov.in
• @cpc.gov.in
• @insight.gov.in
• @nsdl.co.in*
• @utiitsl.com*

In respect of communication via SMS, the source codes can be either of the following:

• ITDEPT
• ITDEFL
• TDSCPC
• ITDCPC
• CMCPCI
• INSIGT
• SBICMP
• NSDLTN*
• NSDLDP*
• UTIPAN*
Following is the list of genuine income tax department and related services websites:
• www.incometaxindia.gov.in
• www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
• www.tdscpc.gov.in
• www.insight.gov.in
• www.nsdl.co.in
• www.utiitsl.com
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