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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This was exactly what i was looking for when i got intimation.
you have very clearly mentioned what needs to be done.
I am able to pay tax online without any hassle.
Waiting for the payment to reflect in website
Thanks
Prashanth ML
Dear Prashant,
Happy to know that you liked my article and it was useful. Keep visiting!
Very Informative. I was wondering how to pay the income tax demand notice as no FAQ or documentation was available regarding that in incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Finally with your article, I could pay it easily. Thanks for your efforts.
Dear Priya,
Thanks so much for the appreciation. Keep visiting!
sir,
I found tax Demand under 1431a , as return was offline submitted, I met jurisjictinal A.O. office, and submitted disagreement application along with copy of return filed, traces of 26AS, actually demand was wrong. I am govt.service and my employer fully deduct tax and credit it to IT Dept. In 26As also there was no mismatch.
Now one month is passed but
A.O. has not taken any actio
n and not tax demand is seen as it is on line.
Now what should i have to do further.
Dear Sanghavi,
Kindly let me know the reasons for discrepancies?
Dear sir
Today I received intimation under 143(1) for AY 2013-14. While there is no demand for AY2013-14, the last page of the pdf file had an outstanding demand for AY 2011-12.
I had filed ITR for AR 2011-12 offline. So how can I see their calculations and discrepancies.
I checked on income tax website to see if I can get 143 (1) for that year, after filling required information, the response says.. no intimation under 143 (1) is available for AY2011-12.
What should I do, please suggest.
Thanks
Om
Dear Om,
Suggest you to contact your Assessing officer of your location or approach a Chartered Accountant.
Hi Sir,
I paid the outstanding demand but I updated it as basic tax while filing , instead of Interest. Does that make any difference. I don't know what it is.
Dear Radhi,
I am not sure on this, will try to check with a CA and get back to you.
Dear sir, someone use my PANCARD NO and details, which on he filed online return for AY 12-13 and 13-14, he also took Digital signature certificate from TCS on bogus papers. When I came to know all I approch immediately Ask-Delhi, local police station, cyber crime. After all I efiled revise return for both years, but CPC already processed RETURN OF AY 12-13, and raise demand notice of 9,00,000, which filed by stranger.
After some days CPC PROCESSED my revised return for AY2013-14, but for 2012-13 they mailed that they are not in position to processes such revised return, and send to juridical AO for further, now AO process my return, but send me demand notice for 30990. Now what should I do pl suggest
Thanks
Dear Navalkishor,
Suggest you to consult a good Chartered Accountant plz..
I have received Notice U/S 245 of Income Tax Act, 1961 recently, a outstanding tax demand for AY 2009-10. I dont have any documents now available with me, so i finally accepted and submitted it as correct. Now when I am requesting for intimation u/s 143(1) for AY 2009-10, it says no intimation order exists for assessment year. Please advice what to do in this case. Where to get the figures to put against the fields while paying the tax online like income tax, penalty, education cess, interest. Please advise.
Warm Regards,
Amit Chauhan
Dear Amit,
Did you file your Income Tax Returns (AY 2009/10) online?
Did you provide your email id while filing IT returns?
Kindly note that Section 245 & Section 143 are different.
Section 245 of Income Tax Act allows the IT department to set off of refunds against outstanding taxes. So, how can you raise a request for 'intimation u/s 143'?
Thank you sir.very nicely explained.
I have a doubt.I got an intimation u/s 143(1) of the income tax for assesment year 2014-15
tax Payable:
In column ofas provided by taxpayer in return of income =0
In column,As computed under Section 143(1) = 1
The differnce came from ec+secondary & higher edu cess =990 and in 2nd col :991.
1st quest :
In On the new window, select “Challan no /ITNS 280” option.
when to select income tax on companies and income tax on other than companies.
In my scenario what to select.
2nd ques:
After entering the required amount, you can make the payment using your net-banking facility. An online receipt will be generated like the one below. Save it for your reference.
In this page where to write the amount of Rs.1 -- in interest or in edu cess.
Please reply.thank you.
Dear Priti,
You can just ignore the tax demand notice, as the demand amount is less than Rs 100. No need to respond to tax notices for below Rs 100
Re 1 will be adjusted against future refunds.
ok sir.. thank you for your reply :)
Nice post , very clearly explained , thankyou
Thank you Jinesh.
Nice post!!
I also got a demand notification because inadvertently I paid the self assessment tax under major head 0024. Can it be changed or do I have to pay it again?
Dear Alok,
I believe you may have to submit 'rectification request'. You need to enter the relevant CPC communication reference number while submitting the request (you can find CPC ref no in the demand notice letter).