A taxpayer reported interest income from their NSC on an accrual basis for four years, but the Post Office reported the full five years' interest upon maturity. After submitting feedback, the derived value in the Tax Information Summary (TIS) was corrected. The user is concerned whether the tax department will use the corrected derived value or the original incorrect value when processing their tax return. The consensus is that the return will be processed based on the derived value, though it may take time for the system to update and for a new pre-filled return to reflect the changes.
08 July 2022
Although IT dept. had mentioned that the ITRs will be prefilled with derived values from TIS, this is not happening; ITRs are prefilled with the original values. Hence the concern