The various steps of Income Tax filing are – Filing Income Tax Returns, Mailing ITR V form to Centralized Processing Cell (CPC- Bangalore) and Receiving acknowledgment for ITR V.
After receiving the ITR V acknowledgment, sometimes you may receive an email from Income Tax Department within one year of Filing the Tax Returns. This email may contain ‘Intimation Under Section 143(1).’
The intimation would show the income tax return as filed by you and the computation as done by the Income Tax Department (as below).
Income Tax Department generally sends Intimation Under Section 143(1) for two main reasons:
If it is a tax refund intimation then you don’t have to do anything. In case if it is “Tax Demand” (tax payable by you) and you are satisfied with the computation done by the Income Tax Department, then you should pay the amount of Tax payable as per Section 143(1).
In the above image, the refundable amount is zero and the interest payable amount is Rs 120. (The intimation u/s 143(1) is sent for tax/interest demand of Rs 100 and above only).
You can also login to your e-filing account and check if there is any ‘estimated tax demand’ which is due in the ‘dashboard’ itself. If there is no ‘tax due’ then it is shown as NIL and if there is a due amount then it is shown opposite to ‘demand estimated’.
Generally you are requested to pay the entire Tax demand within 30 days of receipt of the Intimation.
The outstanding tax demand can be paid online as below:
The best way to check the status of your payment i.e., whether the Income Tax department has received your payment or not is by accessing your Form 26AS. Try checking the status after 2 to 4 weeks from the date of your demand payment.
You can visit www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Go to “Pending actions”, click on ‘Response to Outstanding Demand’ and check the status. If your payment is received by the IT department then you may find no records. You may also check the status of your tax demand by clicking on “View Form 26AS.You will be redirected to “TDS website.” Click on “View Tax Credit –Form 26AS.” Select the specific Assessment Year and “View as” PDF format. Click on “Download.”To open the Form 26AS PDF document, you have to enter your Date of Birth (as printed on your PAN card). Go to “Part C – Details of Tax Paid.” There should be an entry with the details of your Outstanding Income Tax Demand payment (as below image). I hope this post is useful and informative. Have you received Income Tax demand notice anytime? Did you pay the taxes online or offline? Kindly share your comments.
(Add IT department’s email-id “ intimations@cpc.gov.in ” to your email a/c contacts list, if not added). For any clarification you can reach the IT dept helpdesk on Toll free # 1800 309 0130/1800 2033 5435.
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This post was last modified on January 14, 2024 9:46 pm
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Hello,
I have received intimation , under tax payable as per computed net payable amount is Rs. 3 /- and net amount payable shows Rs. 0 /-.
do I need to do something or theres nothing to worry about ?
Dear Sharyu..Kindly ignore this notice.
Dear Shri Sreekanth Reddy, This is with reference to my query dt 10.8.2015 and your subsequent clarifications. My payment was accepted and subsequently, I was asked to make further payment of Rs 530 as interest u/s 220(2). I made that payment also. Now, my pending actions are closed and now displayed as "No pending actions".
This message is to express my sincere thanks for your guidance for closure of outstanding demand under my pending actions.
Thank you for sharing the update. Keep visiting :)
What penalty code you have entered? please share, I have a same case.
Dear Shri Manirul, I made entry as per the clarification given by Shri Sreekanth Reddy in his reply dt 13.8.2015. Your entry shall be based on the section under which notice is issued to you. Further, I feel that if demand is u/s 245 with section code 143(1), the amount may be indicated against "tax" also although I indicated against "penalty"and cleared by IT dept. (This is my opinion and I do not have any expertise in this field.) If section code is 220(2), the amount is to be indicated against ïnterest". I feel that what is more important is ---the major head, minor head, challan number, assessment year etc are to be correctly indicated as outlined in this article.
Dear Gopal, thank you for sharing your inputs.
Dear Manirul, You can pay against 'tax' . As Gopal said, make sure the other important details are correct.
In AY-2010-11 I worked for two companies, Previous company for 2 months (apr, may) but did not received form-16, so I have submitted return for present company's income by hard copy. Now in AY-2015-16 I got a intimation U/s 245 which says that refund so determined will be adjusted against outstanding demand. Outstanding demand is shown for 2010-11 though I have not received any intimation then. When I checked form-26AS ( in 2010 i dont know about this), it shows some amount paid by previous company but did not cut TDS, I checked bank statement of 2010 and it confirm the payment for final settlement. Now I want to pay the outstanding demand as explain by you ( heart-full thanks), please guide in which head I shall paid the demand like "income tax, surcharge, Education cess, Interest, Penalty and Others" Pls. Help.
Hi Sreekanth,
I have to pay the IT demand notice amount for the FY 2013-14. I gone through the procedures above for online payment, but i having one doubt. How do we calculate the interest and penalty amount. I am having demand notice for amount 6140. Could you help me paying the amount through online?
Thanks,
GK.
Dear Gopalakrishnan, you can follow the steps given in the article and make the payment. Do you agree with the IT dept's demand?
Sreekanth,
I have accepted the demand amount (raised on 07/02/2014), but in order to calculate the interest and payment break down while making the payment raised a query to you. I have done the payment break down for the demand amount 6140. Please correct if anything wrong in the below break down
Basic Tax = 6140 / 1.03 = 5961
Edu Cess = 6140-5961 = 178
Interest = 6140 * 16 * 1 /100 = 982
Total = 7121 Rs.
Regards
GK.
Dear Gopalakrishnan,
I have observed that IT dept accepts the payment even if you pay the entire dues under the head say 'Taxes' or 'penalty'.
Hi.. I had received the demand for Interest Payable. I have paid that one through online, but while filling the form I had selected option (300) Self Assessment Tax instead of (400) Tax on Regular Assessment. Since I was not aware about the options to choose.
I am seeing the entry in my Form 26AS for the tax amount paid but which is under Minor Head - 300.
After paying for requested demand, still it is showing me the Demand under Pending Activities on Dashboard. Do you have any idea on this ?
Dear Chetan,
Taxes paid under '300' can be adjusted with your future tax dues. I believe it is better to make payment under the head '400' again. What is the outstanding due amount?
You may check with IT dept. Click here for Contact numbers.
Dear Sreekanth,
After paying the amount mentioned in demand notice, should we file the IT returns again? If yes, can you please share the details as to how to re-file the Returns?
Dear Ashok..No it is not required. You may just cross check your Form 26AS if your tax payment is reflected or not.
i unknowingly submitted outstanding demand notice u/s 1431a as agreed... how to retrieve that and i submitted grievance will it works in favour....
Dear Prabha..I do not have answer to your query. Request you to consult a Taxation expert or a CA. I will surely try to find out the answer.
hi..my c.a has done the computation for this year..i have to pay some 10k as tax..but he has asked me to transfer it to his account so that he pays it online..is that ok? and can you please share a sample copy of a challan..wanted to have a look at it..thanks
Dear Ansh,
Suggest you to pay it from your account. Click here to download sample copy of Challan.
I have not received intimation for outstanding demand but it is showing in the website. How can i request the intimation details again.
Dear Abhishek,
For which Assessment year this demand belongs to?? Under which section did you receive the intimation?
You can request through IT E-filing website.
Hi Sreekanth
Your article on payment of outstanding tax demand is really very useful. I followed this article to clear my tax demand , when I was terribly confused and helpless on how to go about it.
Thanks a lot . Good wishes.
Thank you Vipin. Nice to know this. keep visiting :)