Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in its current notification has declared to extend the due dates of filing returns in response to tax notices received by the taxpayers u/s 142(1).
The step is determined to provide taxpayers and other concerned professionals relief from sudden compliance and allotting them enough time to sort their legal documents. The clause brings all the upcoming compliance in-line with the protocols of the E-assessment scheme.
“With a view to provide relief to the taxpayers and tax professionals and to facilitate the compliance with respect to e-Assessment proceedings under E-assessment Scheme, 2019, the time limit for filing of response to notices under section 142(1) of the Income Tax Act 
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The concept of e-assessment recently introduced by the government has popped in the scenario to facilitate online compliance related to income tax notices which were issued online.
To be noted: The last date of filing the return in response to the notices issued u/s 142(1) is 10 January 2020.
Taxpayers were earlier obliged to reply to such notices by the income tax 
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Under the e-assessment scheme, all the notices will be allotted a unique Documentation Identification Number (DIN) by the income tax department before issuing them to the taxpayer. The thread of response will go under the same DIN. The notices not having DIN will be considered invalid by the department.
One can log in to the IT Department’s e-filing website and check the status of the Notice/Order by clicking on the button present at the left side corner of the page.
