Pending IT refunds to be expedited

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued directions for expediting pending refunds below Rs. 50,000/ for Assessment Year(s) 2013-14 and 2014-15 in all cases except those selected for scrutiny.

The Income-tax Department is committed to improving taxpayer services and redressing grievances in a timely manner.

The status of outstanding refunds was reviewed recently. Following the review, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued directions to its field formations to expedite the issue of pending refunds below Rs. 50,000/ for assessment years 2013-14 and 2014-15 in all such cases which have not been selected for scrutiny. The field formations and the Central Processing Centre (CPC), Bengaluru have been directed to complete the process as early as possible.

This initiative is expected to significantly reduce taxpayer grievances and enhance the taxpayer satisfaction.

The communication is available on the website of the Department at www.incometaxindia.gov.in

-- CA Kasliwal Ambar

E-facility to view tax and computation sheet for demand raised by AO launched

Income tax Department enables e-facility to view tax and computation sheet for demand raised by Assessing Officer (AO).

Earlier when a taxpayer submitted an objection to an Outstanding Demand appearing in his case in "My Account"on e-filing portal of Income-tax Department, he was not able to view anything further except his own objection. If the demand was raised by CPC then assessee had to verify it by comparing his filed ITR with Sec. 143(1) Intimation. However, where the demand was raised by the jurisdictional Assessing officer then he had to visit the department for getting intimation under section 143(1) in the event of not getting it at communication address. During this process assessee had to face many difficulties and it took long time.

Now the facility to view tax and computation sheet for demand raised by Assessing Officer is made available to the assessee in the e-Filing portal. Thus he can now verify his return with the computation sheet and see the variance and reply accordingly to the department.

To view computation sheet, the assessee has to simply

1. Login to the e-filing portal
2. e-file
3. Click on 'Response to Outstanding Tax Demand'
4. Click on download button next to demand amount
5. Download the details in pdf

CA Kasliwal Ambar