Income Tax Notice: Time is fixed for replying to income tax notice. It is mentioned in the notice itself that in how many days it is to be replied. This time can be 15 days for any notice, 30 days or 60 days for any notice.
Itr Filing
Income Tax Notice: The last date for filing Income Tax Return (ITR) is near. Those who have not yet filled their ITR, they are doing this work. Many people have already filed their returns whose income tax refund has started coming. In this, there are some people who are getting or have come to notice from the Income Tax Department. In this, some notices are online and some are being sent through letters. In such a situation, it is very important to understand about the online notice because without understanding it, you will not be able to answer. If the answer is not given then you have to be ready for the next action.
Each notice has its own language and code, which is given according to the section of income tax. If you do not understand this section, then you will not know in which mistake or error the notice has been received and how to respond further. If section 139(9) is written on your notice, then understand that it is a notice of defective return. If some wrong information has been filled in the return or there has been a mistake in the admission, then the Income Tax Notice comes in this section. Altogether 8 types of notices are sent from the tax department.
What is written in the section of the notice
If section 143(1) is mentioned in the notice, then understand that the notice of intimation has been given by the tax department. If the notice has been sent under u/s 143(2), then know that some information will be required from you before the scrutiny of your ITR. In this, before taking ITR under scrutiny, some questions have to be answered from the taxpayers. In this section notices are to be answered by the Income Tax Officer. Similarly, if there is a notice under section 143(3), then it is about the decision after the assessment process. That is, your ITR gets scrutinized and a decision is given by the tax department. This decision is conveyed to the taxpayer through this notice.
What is section 148 notice
After this there is section 144 which is available for not responding to the notice on time. Similarly, there is a notice under section 148 in which questions are asked to the taxpayer for not filing the return or giving wrong information in the notice. If you did not give any information about income, hid the information and the tax department caught it, then in that case this notice comes. After this notice, you have to tell why the information was hidden. Finally comes the notice under section 245 which is sent to the taxpayer after any old demand adjusted with refund.
reply in how many days
There are time limits for replying to income tax notices. It is mentioned in the notice itself that in how many days it is to be replied. This time can be 15 days for any notice, 30 days or 60 days for any notice. There are also some notices for which you do not need to answer and that notice (Income Tax Notice) has been sent by the Income Tax Department to get some answers from you. Therefore, if you get the notice, read carefully and find out what the tax department wants from you.
Please check this important information
To avoid the action of Income Tax Notice or to reply to the tax department, it is most important to check in the ITR whether the necessary information like your name, address, PAN has been filled correctly or not. After this, check whether the information given in the ITR matches with your actual earnings. After looking at all these things, you should decide whether to file a revised ITR or file a Rectification Request. Maybe even after paying some money, you can get rid of these hassles.
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