
If you have claimed a fake deduction or exemption in your Income Tax Return (ITR), you may land in trouble. Several reports recently said that the Income Tax Department has been sending notices to salaried taxpayers, seeking proof of tax exemptions and deductions claimed by them in ITR.

No time limit for legal heirs to intimate death of assessee to dept.; notice in name of deceased is invalid

The CBDT Instruction No. 01/2018, dated 12-02-2018 has mandated that except for search related assessments and exceptional circumstance mentioned therein all other pending scrutiny assessment cases shall be conducted only through the E-Proceedings functionality in ITBA/Efiling