REPLY TO A TAX NOTICE ABOUT A DIFFERENCE IN RECORDS
Subject: Reply to the notice __________ dated __________ for __________. PAN: __________.
I am replying within the time the notice allows or, if I am late, I ask that my reply be taken on record. I ask that the difference be corrected or the matter closed on the basis of this reply, and that I be given a chance to be heard before any adverse order is made.
This is my own reply letter written in my own words. The tax portal may ask for the response in its own online format, in which case I will respond there with the same particulars. The statements above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
PERSONAL DATA NOTICE
This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
Personal data in this document is collected only to answer the tax notice and support the taxpayer's explanation, communicate about that purpose, verify the information expressly supplied, and retain an evidentiary record.
The record will be held by __________ and may be shown only to the taxpayer, the tax office or processing centre that sent the notice, and the taxpayer's tax adviser or accountant, and to a statutory or tax authority where disclosure is required for the matter recorded here.
If the matter does not go ahead, or this document is withdrawn before it is used, the personal data will be retained for 90 days from that decision and then erased. If it is used, the record will be retained for 12 months after the matter ends and then erased, except for a record that a statute requires to be kept for a longer named period.
Data minimisation: this document deliberately does not require a full Aadhaar number, Aadhaar-card copy, passwords or unrelated identity material. Detailed KYC should remain in the separate KYC workflow; tax or payment identifiers are collected here only where the whole purpose of this document requires them.
SIGNATURE
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Signature
Taxpayer: __________
Place: ____________________
Date: ____________________