Income Tax Notices

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Have you received notices from income tax department, dont worry we are here to relieve you from income tax notices.

What this Service Includes

  • Basic review of Income tax notice

Documents required

  • Income tax notice received
  • Income tax login credentials

Terms & Conditions

Time limit for processing

Total time limit depends on time taken by the officer to respond, and number of responses taken, therefore only time for submitting the reply can be committed in professional terms.

Out of pocket expenses

Out of pocket expenses if any to be borne by the client.

Documents

Client should arrange all the documents and banks statements if any, all the documents required cannot be said up front, because based on initial submission officer may further require additional documents.

Additional documents

Although GST act specifies list of documents for GST registration, GST officer may require additional documents for approval of GST registration in that case it is the responsibility of the client to arrange the same.

Decision of the officer

It is the final decision of the income tax officer to consider the reply as valid and close the proceedings, our responsibility is limited to submission of reply and docs as per law, we are not responsible if the final output results in tax demand.

When you may need Income Tax Notices

1Your business requirement

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2Your records or filing

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3Your next step

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Steps in dealing with Income tax notice

  1. Review of login

    Income tax login will be reviewed for understanding why income tax notice is sent, and respective income tax return will also be subjected to review.

  2. Client discussion

    Based on the review, discussion with the client will be held to understand further so that the notice can be dealt accordingly.

  3. Preparation of Documents

    Documents required to be submitted are prepared for easy closure of notice by the tax officer, submission of relevant documents helps to close the case in minimum number of rounds.

  4. Submission of reply

    Professionally drafted reply is submitted along with required documents in income tax portal.

  5. Follow up after submission

    Once reply is furnished status is tracked periodically, if any response is received from the concerned officer further reply will be provided.

  6. Closure proceedings

    When the case is closed and final tax demand is arrived, tax amount will is required to be paid with any other penalty and interest to settle the case finally.

Why should we deal with income tax notice appropriatly

Blocked refund

Refund if any will be kept on hold, if there is any pending proceeding against which tax or any other amount is payable.

Escalation to next step

If notice is not replied with in time, the officer will initiate further action, at initial stages it is the opportunity given to the tax payer to object the allegations.

Defaulting assessee

If demand is paid without any contention, the assessee is conisdered as assessee in default and the system may tag your pan as habitual defaulter.

System generated notices

In certain case notices are issued by income tax portal without any manual intervention, such notices are sent purely based on data comparision which results in sending of notices without any defaults actually, in this case professionally drafted contention reply will make closure process smooth.

Income tax notice FAQ's

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01Time limit for reply to notice is expired?

When time limit for reply to notice had expired, the notice is reissued for second time in majority of cases, this opportunity will not be available for everyone.

02Do we need to visit income tax department?

After introduction of faceless assessment scheme, there is no requirement to visit the department unless otherwise required by the income tax officer for physical presence at the department.

03How long it will take to close the case?

Every notice and proceedings has time limit for the action, therefore the officer is bound to finish the proceedings within time limit allowed under income tax act, if it is time barred we can contend the assessment.

04Is is mandatory to submit bank statements?

There are different section in income tax act, income tax officer can invoke relevant section requiring the assessee to submit bank statements, accounts etc.

05Does income tax officer visits our registered address?

No, in nomral circumstances income tax officers will not visit directly, only in case of recovery proceedings income tax officer or recovery officer may visit physically.