Hello Mr Sanjay,
I am need of your expert advice and if you can help me out of my problem:
Yesterday I received an intimation under section 143(1) from IT department India for assesement year 2007-2008. It demands for the tax payable of around 13,000 and shows my TDS as 0. However, I have paid all taxes/TDS and i have been paying regularly since last 3 years.
The details on the intimation appears to be of AY 2008-2009 where I paid tax/TDS of around above amount. For AY 2007-2008 (FY: 2006-2007) I didn't had income that was taxable. The problem appears to me is that while Filing my E - Return (ITR form) online for AY 2008-2009 (FY 2007-2008) i by mistake submitted by return for AY 2007-2008 (FY 2006-2007) instead of AY 2008-2009. (i came to realize this when i was submitting my e-return the next year, so for 1 year i was under impression that i filed my return correctly as there was no notification from IT deparment). During AY- 2007-2008 (FY 2006-2007) I did not had taxable income and i didn't even file my IT Return. So now, the IT department has considered my incorrect e-return and they might not have found my TDS for that year (as there was no TDS actually required, which i showed in my e-return) and due to this discrepency they are now demanding a tax return for that year.
My question is, how can i bring this situation to the notice of IT department and get this rectified. I did some research and I know there is provision of rectification under section 154, but not sure how to approach it. Can you please give some strong guidelines regarding the same? Is this kind of problem i would require a tax professional/expert or can I solve it on my own?
Thanks for reading and your response is much appreciated
Penuel