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If you did not file a return or reply to notices, the officer may act even if TDS covered your tax. Showing that tax was fully paid through TDS usually ends with little or no demand.
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Salaried person with full TDS gets a best judgment notice
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Provisions
Sec 144, Income-tax Act 1961 (now Sec 271); Sec 192, Income-tax Act 1961 (now Sec 392)
Analysis
Give Form 16, a computation of income and AIS. If total tax on salary of ₹11,00,000 under the new regime is fully covered by TDS of ₹60,000, the addition should be nil. Explain why the return was not filed. Check if AIS shows other income, such as interest, that you also need to include.
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- Download Form 16 and AIS for the year.
- Prepare a simple computation of income and tax.
- Show TDS covers the tax.
- Reply on e-Proceedings by the date.
- File returns every year from now.
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