The income tax department sends different types of notices to taxpayers depending on the cause of the notice. These notices are as follows –
A notice is served by the assessing officer u/s 142 (1) in two cases. Firstly, if the officer requires additional information and documents pertaining to your income tax returns...
Get ExpertIf the AO believes that a defective income tax return is filed, he will serve you notice under this section. The error can be missing information, selection of the wrong ITR form...
Get ExpertThis notice is sent in cases where the assessing officer(AO) has a reason to believe that a taxpayer has filed his ITR on a lower income or not filed when the law mandated him...
Get ExpertIf there is any type of demand like penalty, fine, tax or any other amount which the taxpayer is supposed to pay to the income tax department, a notice under Section 156 would be issued...
Get ExpertAfter you file and verify your ITR, they are processed online by the tax department. Intimation u/s 143(1) is computer generated initial assessment which is sent to all the taxpayers u/s 143(1)...
Get ExpertA notice u/s 143(2) is sent to the taxpayer if the Tax Department chooses to scrutinize the ITR of the taxpayer. The assessing officer sends this notice within 6 months from the end of the financial year...
Get ExpertIf the assessing officer believes that the tax-payer is concealing his income or a part thereof, he can serve a notice under this section...
Get ExpertThis notice u/s 245 of the Income Tax Act is served by the assessing officer(AO) if it is believed that you have not paid taxes in the previous FY...
Get ExpertWhen you receive a notice under any of the aforementioned sections, the following steps should be taken –
The most common causes for which you might receive an income tax notice include the following –
Return not filed within the due date of assessment period
Return processed successfully. Error in amount of deduction, loss claimed etc.
Notice to reconfirm tax return filed is accurate and deduction has not been claimed in excess
Detailed assessment notice to ensure all claims,deductions etc. are filled correctly without any errors
A notice sent if the assessing officer feels that any income has not been assessed
In case of inaccuracy in returns such as missing information, incorrect filling of return etc.