Income Tax: Taxpayers get intimation for paying lower advance tax
Live MintBetween April and August of this year, the Income Tax Department dispatched notifications to approximately 500,000 taxpayers regarding “zero” and “lower advance tax payments”, as revealed by an official familiar with the situation to Business Standard. The department’s analysis highlighted approximately 2.5 million instances in which taxpayers with substantial incomes and significant high-value purchases made little to no advance tax payments during FY23. In numerous instances, the advance tax payments in the first quarter of the current fiscal year revealed that taxpayers paid lower taxes in comparison to their substantial expenditures, indicating a discrepancy. In cases where the revenue department identifies that a taxpayer has significantly underpaid their initial installment of advance tax, they may issue notifications to prompt these individuals to make timely and accurate advance tax payments.