Hacking of income tax id

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PRAVEEN KHEMKA

Advocate Tax Consultant

33 Points Joined August 2013

I logged in to Income Tax site on 2.8.2013 to file a Return for my client.. Found the password to be changed.. I then reset the password and went ahead to upload the Return. I discovered an Original Return for A.Y 2013-14 already uploaded on 14.6.2013 and the data filled therein was all incorrect and deliberately huge income has been shown with self asst.tax being paid under incorrect CIN. By going through entire Return .. It transpires that someone deliberately uploaded this Return to create huge demand. Even the ITRV has been sent to CPC with false signature..

Under the circumstances, as per advice of CPC a revised Return has been filed and duly signed ITRV is being sent to CPC.

My question is..What should be done in this situation to

1) find the culprit and get him punished..

2) How Income tax department will treat the Original Return.. Can it have any adverse reaction..

3) has anyone faced similar situation.?

This type of false uploading of Returns with bogus data can be a big menance for tax professionals and Dept.. How to tackle it..

Replies (3)

Mihir

Wealth Manager

5293 Points Joined December 2008

Firstly, get the copy of ITR-V and use the acknowledgement number in it to file revised return.

If I am not mistaken, ITR-V also contains IP address from where IT return was uploaded. That could probably help in tracking where from the return was filed.