A decision has been taken by the Central Government to give big relief to the taxpayers. New rules have been issued by the government regarding tax refund, which will benefit crores of taxpayers of the country. Information regarding these rules has been given by the Income Tax Department.
Giving information about the new rules, the Income Tax Department has said that from now on, taxpayers have got relief in adjusting refund against outstanding tax. In such cases, the tax authorities will have to take a decision within 21 days. Due to this decision taken by the officials of the department, there will be a lot of reduction in litigation.
Earlier the time limit was 30 days
Directorate of Income Tax has said that earlier this time limit was 30 days, but now it has been decided to reduce it to 21 days. According to the information received from the officer, if the tax payer does not completely agree to make the adjustment, then in such a situation the matter will go to the assessing officer and he will settle it within 21 days and give his opinion.
Incorrect adjustment of refund.
Apart from this, in some cases, for issuing information under section 245, it was also replied on the demand portal that any kind of wrong demand has been stopped by the accessing authorities. Along with this, many times wrong adjustment of refund has been done against the demands, due to which there have been complaints many times.
