Income Tax Department urges to use Efiling Vault for better security

The below mail is been circulated by Income Tax Department to make Taxpayers aware of the service provided for better Efiling Account security.

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   Any attempt to reset or forget password will require the additional check of OTP using Aadhaar or taxpayer will have to login using net banking or login using DSC.   Select the Option to Login to your e-Filing Account using only: Digital Signature Certificate   NetBanking redirection   Aadhaar OTP   Any attempt to login will require the additional check of OTP using Aadhaar or taxpayer will have to login using net banking or login using DSC in addition to the password   Lock up your e-Filing account! Be Secure!