How to check the authenticity of a notice from Income Tax Department?



Quick Summary
Receiving a notice from the Income Tax Department can be concerning, but it's crucial to verify its authenticity. All official notices now come with a unique document number. You can easily check if a notice is legitimate by visiting the Income Tax Department's e-filing website and navigating to the 'Notice/Order Issued by ITD' section. You can search using the document number, or if that's unavailable, by providing your PAN, assessment year, notice section, and the month/year of issue.

If you have received any Income Tax notice, please make sure it carries a document number as now every notice/document/communication issued by the Income Tax Department shall carry a document number.

To avoid any miscommunications, it is better to check for its integrity.

Do authenticate the document received from the Income Tax Department in the following manner:

Verify Income Tax Notices: A Simple Guide

Step 1

Go to the Income Tax department's e-filing website and click on 'Notice/Order Issued by ITD' button on the left side or visit the following link-

Click Here

 

Step 2

You can search any income tax notice online by any of two methods below at above link-

1. With Document Number

2. With PAN, Assessment year, Notice Section, Month & Year of Issue

Step 3

Searching by document number is the easiest way but just in case you don't have it in hand, then you will have the second option. But you must know the notice or order was issued which which section and on which month and year.

 

Step 4

Once you give all the details, as shown above, you will be able to verify the authenticity of the document.

In case you get stuck or you need someone for discussion/consultation, feel free to reach me out on the below mentioned details:

The author can also be reached at mayank.g1402@gmail.com




About the Author

Income Tax Consultant

A Tax Consultant by profession, pursuing Law (LLB) and Company Secretary (CS), deals in Consultancy Compliance of both Direct and Indirect Taxes, have past experience of working as a credit analyst in an international bank and also avid participator and conductor of professional seminars and webinars. As a punch of pa ... Read more

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