ITR defective

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Nirjhar Jain

14 Points Joined February 2021

I filed ITR for assessment year 2020-21 in June last year.

my itr took a long time to process. I kept checking every few weeks to check if my ITR was processed.

today I again checked the income tax website. I saw the message that my itr filed was defective. The date of sending defective communication was given as as 19-nov-2020 and email date 18-feb-2021. I don’t understand this. Why is communication date given as November 2020 but email date is February 2021? I checked my email. I haven’t got any intimation about this defective itr from income tax website. I have been checking the income tax website every few weeks about status of my ITR. It was only today that the status shows ITR defective.

Then, I clicked on link to submit response under 139(9).

it is asking me for unique no.

I haven’t received intimation from cpc yet on my email. Where do I find the unique no.?

Replies (8)

Nirjhar Jain

14 Points Joined February 2021

I filed revised itr under 139(5) instead of submitting response under 139(9).

I the income automatically generated in the revised itr was different than the original itr.

I hope that solves the issue.

I don’t know why the income generated in the original itr was different than in the revised itr.

sabyasachi mukherjee

28075 Points Joined May 2017

Defective itr return may arise due to the following reasons:
1. Sec 139(9)
The assessing officer considers the return of income as defective
2. the assessing officer may give the assesse an opportunity to rectify the defect within a period of 15 days from the date of intimation of such defect.
Thus time limit may be ectended by the assessing officer or an application by tge assesse
If defect is not rectified within the specified time frame then the assessing officer shall treat the return as invalid and other provisions of act will apply.

Now a return of income may be considered as defective if
any schedule of the relevant form is not applicable in the case of an assesse.
certain proof of income of return is considered defective if any statement , accounts shall acompany such return.
The assesse should read the same and revert back.

in this case the querry must try his level best.

Nirjhar Jain

14 Points Joined February 2021

In defective itr the error code was 202.

I didn’t have document identity number required for 139(5) as I haven’t got the email notifying me from cpc.

hence, I decided to file revised return under 139(5). My itr is not complicated as my income is from one source. FD.

any idea if I did the right thing by filing itr under 139(5) instead of 139(9)?

any idea where to consult with CA on this?

Karun Menon

602 Points Joined July 2019

Your gross receipts may not be matching with the amount in Form 26 AS. check your spam box for cpc mail. Also check if the email I'd in your portal is correct. If you are not able to resolve the issue either write to your assessing officer or consult a CA for assistance.

sabyasachi mukherjee

28075 Points Joined May 2017

No need of checking any spam box .
FILE YOUR DEFECTIVE RETURN AND IF THERE IS ANY DEMAND FROM INCOME TAX PAY IT.

Nirjhar Jain

14 Points Joined February 2021

Originally posted by : Karun Menon

checked my spam box. Also checked my email Id on the portal.

in the original itr , my refund that I was asking matched with 26as. For some reason though the total income which was auto generated didn’t match that given in 26AS.

in the revised return I filed, the TDS, refund , income auto generated matched that of in 26AS.

so, I filed revised return under 139(5) instead of under 139(9).

I hope I did the right thing. Any suggestion on where to contact CA to consult about this?