ITR Filing Mistakes That Draws Income Tax Notice

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the tax return filing due date because of the pandemic crisis. “In view of the constraints due to the COVID pandemic & to further ease compliances for taxpayers, CBDT extends the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for FY 2018-19(AY 2019-20) from 31st July, 2020 to 30th September 2020,vide Notification in S.O. 2512(E) dt 29th July, 2020” stated CBDT in a recent tweets. This new update has given some relief for taxpayers to file ITR. In any case, now and again we could commit an error while filing our ITR at last. These could incorporate referencing an inappropriate bank account number, neglecting to proclaim premium income, or asserting an inappropriate deduction. Here are basic missteps you ought to maintain a strategic distance from while filing for your Income Tax Returns.

Late Filing Of ITR

Not presenting your ITR on time can be one of the principal motivations to get Income Tax Notice. Uncommonly, for each salaried individual, it is exceptionally vital to record ITR before July end of the accompanying monetary year alongside the utilization of precise review. On the off chance that you don’t document ITR on time, you may get an update notice from the IT office before the due date of filing ITR. In the event that you cross that due date, at that point you need to take care of the late filing expense as a penalty and the penalty charge might be from Rs.5,000 to Rs.10,000. Likewise, the inaccurate ITR data may bring a hint from the IT Department {Sec 139 (9)} inside 15 days of filing ITR referencing to modify the progressions and send once more. On the off chance that you neglect to do as such, you should take care of a penalty or your ITR will be pronounced as invalid or not documented. Along these lines, to abstain from getting any notification from the IT office, you should document your ITR for a specific appraisal year before the cutoff time ends.

Choosing The Wrong ITR Form

This is the most widely recognized and fundamental part to keep note of before filing ITR for each taxpayer. By choosing an inappropriate ITR form you can get a notice from the IT office. Consistently the Income-tax office proclaims ITR forms as indicated by the tax chunk rate and qualification models. The difference in the ITR form each year is the explanation that taxpayers need to modify their arrival consistently and document another arrival. This is to take note of that do specify the right and definite subtleties while filing the ITR in the new form dependent on your tax piece rates. There are various forms as indicated by your income like ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3 and so on. Select those forms effectively. Alongside different subtleties, the power bill more than 1 lakh must be referenced alongside other income subtleties

Not Submitting All Sources Of Income:

Non-revelation of income is the regular slip-up the greater part of the taxpayers (salaried) do while filing ITR. Aside from compensation it is a basic piece of tax to uncover the income from whatever other sources which can be income from banks investment account, rental income from house or property assuming any, capital additions income, and so on. It is likewise proposed by many tax specialists to make reference to blessings, profits, enthusiasm without tax bonds, and so on to specify. Any income from unfamiliar resources should be uncovered while filing ITR. In basic terms, any kind of income separated from your pay must be unveiled in the ITR. Keep in mind, any single confusion in regards to income can lead you under investigation by the Income Tax Department. The slogan is any income on which TDS has been deducted should be unveiled by taxpayers.

Mismatch In Form 26AS And TDS Certificate

For salaried taxpayers-Form 26AS is an exceptionally vital form to care for before filing ITR, else it might lead you to payment issues later. Before filing ITR, it is prudent to keep all TDS declarations like Form 16, bank premium testaments Form 16A, TDS endorsement from offer of property-Form 16B, likewise check whether exact TDS has been deducted against the PAN referenced on Form 26AS. Form 26AS is a consolidated form which shows TDS deducted from all sources against your PAN. Continuously check appropriately that there ought not be any confound in the numbers referenced. On the off chance that regardless of qualities referenced are not coordinating, at that point inform your TDS deductor promptly to check and fix it as soon as possible. Any postponement in jumble can intrude on you for guaranteeing a credit against TDS later on. In this way, look at all your forms – 26AS alongside Form 16, Form 16A opportune.

Forgetting To Claim Tax Deductions

It is significant for taxpayers to keep every right record and income related papers subtleties with them while filing ITR. This will make it simple for taxpayers to guarantee deductions effectively. Regardless of whether you have not pronounced the right tax incomes to your manager you, despite everything, can guarantee tax by giving every right detail to the IT office while filing ITR. Likewise, do remember whether you had changed two three occupations in one budgetary year then you should watch that compensation subtleties are referenced in all Form 16s by all businesses you worked with.