More taxpayers getting defective ITR notice from tax dept this year; How to rectify the defect
ITR' notices from the income tax department is higher than in previous years. There are many possible reasons why an income tax return (ITR) may get tagged as 'defective'. For instance, if your name in your PAN card does not match the name given in the ITR filed by you or if you have claimed TDS credit without reporting the corresponding income, etc. The reasons are endless, but ultimately, if your ITR is tagged as 'defective', then a notice under section 139(9) will follow. After receiving this notice, you have to fix the defect within the given timeline, which is usually 15 days.
This year defective ITR notices are being received in larger numbers than before
Chartered accountants report that many of their clients have received defective ITR notices this year and the number of such notices received is more than last year.
Chartered accountant Abhishek Soni, co-founder of Tax2Win, an ITR filing portal says: «Yes, the defective ITR notices have surged this season.»
Chartered accountant Amit Bansal, Partner — Direct Tax, Singhania & Co, also says: «Yes, there has been a noticeable increase in defective ITR notices and invalid returns this year.»
«This rise is primarily attributed to errors such as incorrect selection of ITR forms, difficulties encountered by individuals filing their own returns, etc. The confusion with respect to the deductions in the new regime is also a major factor for these defects,» says Bansal.
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