An income tax notice is a written letter from income tax department to taxpayer informing him of a problem with his tax account, The notification might be given for a variety reasons, including filing or not submitting his or her income tax return, issuing as assessment, or requesting specific information. When the income tax department sends a notice, the taxpayer must respond to the notification and work with the tax authorizes to resolve the issue.

Notice u/s 143(1) – Intimation:- If in a case a taxpayer does not receive any intimation within such period, it simply means the following: there are no adjustments carried out to the return filed by the taxpayer. no change in tax liability/refund. acknowledgment filed itself is deemed to be Section 143(1) intimation.

Notice u/s 142(1) – Inquiry:- Notice u/s 142(1) can be issued in both the cases, where you file your income tax return u/s 139 (1) and also in the case you do not file your income tax return u/s 139 (1) and time specified to file such return has been expired.

Notice u/s 139(1) – Defective Return:- As per Section 139(9), a tax return is defective if certain documents are not attached while filed the return. In case the return is considered defective by the tax officer, then tax payer will be informed by him and will be allowed to rectify the defect within 15 days starting from the day of intimation.

Notice u/s 143(2) – Scrutiny:– Notice u/s 143(2) is issued to you by the Income Tax Department when your Income Tax Return is selected for scrutiny assessment or detailed assessment u/s 143(3).

In simple words, Scrutiny assessment or detailed assessment u/s 143(3) means a scrutiny is carried out to confirm the correctness and genuineness of various claims, deductions, etc. made by you in your Income Tax Return. The basic purpose of this scrutiny assessment is to ensure that you have filed the return with the correct income and paid the tax accordingly.

Notice u/s 156 – Demand Notice:- Notice u/s 156 – Notice for Demand. Section 156 tax notice is the notice of demand issued by the Income Tax Department when any tax, interest, penalty, fine or any other sum is payable in consequence of any order passed. The section 156 tax notice of demand will specify the sum which is payable