Income Tax-Response to Outstanding Demand

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After filing Income Tax Returns, you need to e-verify the IT return. After that, the Income Tax Department (IT Department) processes the IT return filed by you. So never forget to e-verify your IT return. After the verification, (During the processing of IT return) if the Income Tax Department finds out that the taxes paid by you are less than what you liable to pay. Then the IT department will issue a demand notice.

Now let’s understand how to respond to the Demand notice received from the IT department.

1.Visit the e-filing login portal

e-filing login

2.Enter the user ID (PAN), password, captcha code and click ‘Login’. as shown below:

3. Post login, click on the ‘e-File’ menu and click the ‘Response to Outstanding Demand’ link as shown below:

‘Response to Outstanding Demand’ heading will be visible that contain details such as PAN, Assessment Year (AY), Section code, Demand Identification Number (DIN), Date on which demand raised, Outstanding demand amount, etc.

4.Click on the ‘Submit’ link under the response column. Choose any one of the listed responses.

  • Demand is correct
  • Demand is Partially correct
  • Disagree with demand
  • Demand is not correct but agree for adjustment

On choosing the “Demand is Correct”

You need to click on the submit button to ‘Confirm’ and complete the response submission process.

Note:
1. Once the option ‘Demand is Correct’ is selected, the demand cannot disagree later.
2. If any refund is due, the refund will be adjusted against the outstanding demand.
3. The taxpayer can pay the demand by clicking the link under the ‘Pay Tax’ option.

On choosing the “Demand is partially correct”

If you choose this option then follow this: Enter the ‘Amount which is correct’ and the ‘Amount which is incorrect’ (the difference between the outstanding and amount which is correct) will be auto-filled. Select the appropriate reasons from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents, and ‘submit’ the response.

On choosing ‘Disagree with demand’

If you select this option then go with the following step – Select the appropriate reasons from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents, and ‘Submit’ the response.

On choosing ‘Demand is not correct but agree for adjustment’

Select the appropriate reasons from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents and ‘Submit’ the response.

A success message along with Transaction Id is displayed on successful submission of the response.

List of Reasons and the additional details required for selecting each reason:
Reasons Additional Details Required
Demand paid and Challan has CINBSR code
Date of Payment
Serial Number
Amount
Remarks
Demand paid and Challan has no CINDate of Payment
Amount
Remarks
Upload copy of Challan
Demand already reduced by Rectification/Revision/Appellate orderDate of Order
Demand after Rectification/Revision/ Appeal
Details of AO
Upload Rectification/Revision/Giving appeal effect order passed by AO
Demand already reduced by Appellate Order but appeal effect to be givenDate of Order
Order Passed by
Reference Number of Order
Appeal has been filed – stay petition filed Date of filing of appeal
Appeal pending with
Stay petition filed
Appeal has been filed- stay grantedDate of filing of appeal
Appeal Pending With
Stay granted by
Upload Copy of stay
Appeal has been filed- Instalment grantedDate of filing of appeal
Appeal Pending with
Installment granted by
Upload copy of installment order
Rectification/Revised Return filed at CPCFiling Type
e-Filed Acknowledgement Number
Remarks
Upload Challan Copy
Upload TDS Certificate
Upload Letter requesting for rectification
Upload indemnity bond
Rectification filed with AODate of Application
Remarks
OthersOthers

Note:

1. To view the submitted response go to ‘e-File’ —— ‘Response to Outstanding Demand’ and click on the ‘view’ link under the ‘Response’ column and in the new page click on the ‘Transaction ID’ hyperlink.
2. For the demand which is shown to be uploaded by AO, the rectification right is with the Assessing Officer, and for the demand against which there is no ‘Submit’ response available is already confirmed by the Assessing Officer. kindly contact your jurisdictional Assessing Officer for clarification.

Source: e-Filing Website

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