Income Tax Intimation Letter Under Section 143 (1): What is it? Password

The Income Tax Intimation notice is sent to the registered email ID of the tax filer under Section 143(1) of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Filed and verified Income Tax Return for AY 2022-2023? You may have now received an income tax intimation letter from the Tax Department.

The intimation notice is sent to taxpayers after processing their ITRs. The processing of income tax returns is done after the taxpayer has verified his/her ITR. 

The Department sends Income Tax Intimation notice to the registered email ID of the tax filer under Section 143(1) of the Income Tax Act 1961.

The Department also sends an SMS alert to the tax filer informing them that the intimation notice has been sent to their registered email ID.

From 1st April 2021, the time limit for issuing Income Tax intimation notice has been revised by three months 

What is in the tax intimation notice?

Taxpayers should carefully check the intimation notice. It includes income details, the deduction claimed etc, and whether the calculation matches with the department’s assessments.  

In some cases, the intimation notice may make additional tax demand in case the taxpayers had failed to report any income in the ITR or wrongly claimed a deduction. 

If the taxpayer has paid extra taxes, then the intimation notice may mention the refund due to the taxpayer.

Income tax Intimation Letter Password

The password to open the Income Tax Intimation letter is your PAN number in small case followed by your date of birth in DDMMYYY format. 

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