The Income Tax Department (ITD) has cited that recent communications sent to taxpayers for the specific transactions are advisory in nature and have the motive to ease the voluntary compliance.
As per the department, such notices are furnished merely in cases where there is a significant gap between disclosures in the ITR and the data obtained from the reporting entities in the year.
“The communication is just an advisory sent in only those cases where there is an apparent significant gap between disclosures in the ITR & information as received from the Reporting Entities,” the Income Tax Department’s post mentioned on X.
Some references have come to the notice of the Income Tax Department regarding recent communication sent to taxpayers pertaining to transaction(s) made by them.
— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) December 18, 2025
Taxpayers may please note that such communication is to facilitate the taxpayers & make them aware of the information…
The purpose is to aware taxpayers about the data available with ITD and provide a chance to validate their Annual Information Statement (AIS).
The department, “The objective of the communication is to provide an opportunity to taxpayers for voluntary correction by reviewing their AIS & facilitate them to provide their feedback online on the Compliance Portal of Income Tax Department &, if necessary, revise their Returns already filed OR to file the belated Return if not filed, so far.”
Taxpayers can answer by furnishing feedback online via the compliance portal. Dec. 31, 2025, is the due date for revising or filing belated returns for Assessment Year 2025-26.
The department outlined that the taxpayers need to answer quickly if discrepancies exist or ignore the communication if their filing is correct.
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary stated that the new ITR form based on the IT Act 2025 shall be declared before FY 2027-28. Concerning the ease of ITR forms, the CBDT committee is performing extensive consultations with tax experts, institutional bodies, and field formations of the I-T Department.
