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Income Tax Guidelines: People get scared as soon as they receive a notice from the Income Tax Department and often make mistakes. When a notice comes from Income Tax, you should understand it carefully. Because nowadays fake tax notices are also sent. There are many scams (fake tax notices) going on regarding income tax notices. People are being cheated and lakhs of rupees are being looted by sending notices in the name of scrutiny survey tax demand.
Some people have received mails claiming that the Income Tax Department has sent them a notice asking them to pay their taxes as soon as possible or else they will have to pay a penalty and a payment link has also been shared which scares people into sending money to the scammers as soon as possible.
Therefore, now you should know whether the income tax notice you have received is really sent by the Income Tax Department or is it part of cyber fraud? For this, it is necessary to check the authenticity of the notice. The Income Tax Department has also announced guidelines in this regard. People also need to be careful. Whenever he receives a notice, he should check it carefully.
What to see?
All computer generated documents have a unique number on them called DIN number. This is effective from 1 October 2019. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued a circular on 14 August 2019, aimed at bringing transparency in the documentation of the Income Tax Department. This number will also be available on the Income Tax Portal.
You can also check the notices sent on the portal. On the other hand, you should also check the @incometax.gov.in domain. In some cases, an officer of the Income Tax Department issues notices under sections 131 and 133. Tax notices sent from the IT department do not provide any kind of payment link and are sent from the IT department domain.
How to check fake notices on the portal?
– First go to the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department and tab on the ‘Notice Issued by ITD/Order Issued by ITD’ button.
– On the new window you will have to enter the DIN or PAN number. Then you can check the authentication through OTP.
– If the notice is not sent by the tax department then the DIN number will become invalid. This means that the notice is fake.
