I have received today (21st June 2010), a notice from the IT Deptt in Chennai under Sec 143(1) of the IT Act 1961 asking me to deposit "unpaid" Income Tax along with Interest charges for the assessment year 2008-09, a period during which I was located in Chennai and had filed my returns there.
The notice is dated 12th March 2010 but is posted from Chennai on 16th June 2010 and received at Bhubaneswar (my current location) on 19th June 2010.
The most surprising aspect is that my previous employers / contract service providers in the releavnt period, have deducted at source and deposited with the IT department an amount which is more than the amount calculated by the IT Deptt in their claim notice as the Income tax payable by me.
As is the practice nowadays, the IT deptt had even sent me an email 2 years back intimating tme about the amount received by the IT deptt from my previous employers as tax deducted at source. It seems the left hand of IT deptt does not know what the right hand does.
Actually I am eligible for a small amount of refund, and instead of sending the refund the department is sending claims for income tax already paid.
How do I respond to this notice or do I ignore it totally?
P K Ghosh
Bhubaneswar
