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IT Portal New Feature: Request to AO Seeking Rectification

The IT Portal Enables Direct Submission of Rectification Applications U/S 154 to the AO Online

A new feature has been launched by the Income Tax Department on its e-filing portal to allow rectification requests to the AO for incorrectly filed ITRs. This option enables taxpayers to submit rectification applications for assessment orders issued by the AO under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, directly to their Assessing Officer (AO) online.

Currently, the Income Tax portal provides provisions to request rectification of past orders via CPC and CIT(A). By implementing the online rectification process, the assessment order issued by the Assessing Officer helps taxpayers avoid submitting rectification requests manually or raising a grievance. However, this also reduces unnecessary measures.

Section 154 of the Income Tax Act permits taxpayers to request the correction of errors stated in the records of their income tax orders. Such errors might comprise clerical mistakes, calculation errors, or other discrepancies that require correction. Earlier the rectification process comprised various steps and manual interactions directing to the delays and inefficiencies.

Now the taxpayers can submit the rectification requests to their AO via the income tax portal. The taxpayers via introducing the update can ask the Assessing Officer(AO) to correct the mistakes or errors in the assessment order at the first phase itself online.

Steps to E-file Rectification Request Online

The updated system permits the taxpayers to submit the rectification requests online irrespective of who carries the access rights:

Advantage of Rectification Request Online

The updated feature is assisted to solve the problems like-

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