You will receive an income tax intimation notice probably when the calculation of income tax given by you in the ITR matches with the calculation of the tax department. It is recommended that you take a professional’s help because it is that one email that you don’t want to see. Let’s find out some of the most crucial steps you need to take and check after getting an income tax intimation notice.
An intimation notice from the Income Tax department can be the reason for a stressful situation. Due to technology evolution, income tax intimation notice now comes in an email, which is not a very nice feeling. But need not worry, if you follow the process, you won’t have to pay more money. There are several types of income tax intimation notice that you may or may not receive, like an information alert. If you get any other email than an information alert, then you may need to take action based on the notice.
You can efficiently respond to almost all the intimations online through your tax filing account. A government website helps you file your taxes online, where you can check your refund and demand status. You can also respond to your intimation using that website.
Tax experts say that you should always read the income tax intimation notice very carefully. But here are a few things that you need to check after you receive your intimation notice:
- There are a number of intimation notices that you can receive, from a notice that your ITR has been filed to notice about adjusting the tax deducted and to show additional tax refundable or payable.
- Apart from the above-mentioned forms of intimation notices by the income tax department, these are broadly classified into three types. They are general intimation notice for verification, intimation notice for regular assessment/ reassessment, and intimation notice by the tax department for limited scrutiny.
- Once you have received the intimation, you have to make sure whether or not they have mentioned that your name, address, PAN or other details are correct or not.
- The next thing to do is to check what type of intimation you have received. You need to check if the intimation notice that you have received is u/s 143 (1) for processing of your ITR, whether is it a notice of scrutiny assessment 143 (2) or is it an intimation of defective notice u/s 139 (9)
- The next step that you have to take is to check the reason for the notice and read and match the ITR that you have filed.
- Depending on the nature of the notice you have received, you need to make sure what compliance you need to submit. It can be anything like submitting re-verification requests, filing revised ITR, or paying demand.
- The tax notices shouldn’t end with Section 143 (1). The tax department only does the prima facie check at the time of processing. The income tax department can still send a notice for more information under different sections in future.
