Income Tax Services
Returns for individuals, companies and NRIs, updated returns where a year has been missed, and representation when the department raises a question. Most notices are answerable — the damage usually comes from letting the reply window pass.
What we handle
Return filing
Returns for salaried individuals, proprietors, partnerships, LLPs, companies and trusts. The form depends on the entity and on the mix of income — salary, house property, business, capital gains, foreign assets — and the deadline differs depending on whether your accounts are subject to audit.
Updated and revised returns
Revising a return where something was wrong or left out, and filing an updated return under ITR-U where the ordinary window has already closed. This is the usual route for someone who simply did not file for a year and wants to regularise it before the department raises the question.
Notices, appeals and litigation
Replies to intimations and defective return notices, responses in scrutiny and reassessment proceedings, and appeals up through the appellate authorities and tribunal where an assessment has gone against you.
NRI taxation
Determining residential status, filing where there is Indian-source income, recovering excess tax deducted at source on property sales and investments, and treaty relief where the same income is taxable in two countries.
Tax planning
Structuring decisions before the year closes rather than after — entity choice, remuneration mix, timing of capital gains, and the forms and declarations that have to be on file for a position to hold up later.
Common questions
Which ITR form applies to me?
It depends on who is filing and where the income comes from. A salaried individual with one house property is in a different form from someone with business income, capital gains, foreign assets or a share in a partnership. Companies, LLPs and trusts each have their own form. Filing on the wrong form is treated as a defective return and has to be corrected, so it is worth getting right the first time.
I missed the filing deadline. What are my options?
A belated return can still be filed for a period after the original due date, with late fee and interest. Once even that window closes, an updated return under ITR-U is often the remaining route to regularise the position voluntarily. Which applies depends on how much time has passed and whether you are declaring additional income, so the position is worth checking before assuming it is too late.
I received a notice. Is it serious?
Not always. A great many are intimations under section 143(1), which are automated and often just flag an arithmetic or credit mismatch. Others, such as a defective return notice under 139(9), a scrutiny notice under 143(2) or a reassessment notice under 148, do need a considered reply within the time allowed. The section quoted at the top of the notice tells you which kind you have.
I am an NRI. Do I have to file in India?
It turns on your residential status for the year and whether you have Indian-source income such as rent, capital gains on Indian shares or property, or interest from Indian accounts. Filing is also often worthwhile where tax has been deducted at source at a higher rate than your actual liability, since that is usually recovered through a return.
Notice on your hands, or a year unfiled?
Tell us what you have and we will tell you what it is and how long you have to respond.