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Jan 03, 2026
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Old income tax notices resurface as 10–15-year-old tax demands appear on portal, interest piles up, says report
Income tax demands from very old years, such as 2005 to 2011, have suddenly started appearing on the income tax portal, according to a report by ‘The Economic Times’. This is a complete shock for many taxpayers, as many of them had neither received any notice nor were aware of the assessment orders at the time.
According to the ET report, in many of these cases, the interest amount has exceeded the principal tax amount, significantly increasing the taxpayers’ problems.
Why are old tax demands surfacing on the portal?
The report suggests that the Income Tax Department is in the process of digitizing and integrating old and scattered records into a digital system. During this exercise, assessment orders from many years ago and the associated tax demands are now being uploaded to the income tax portal. The problem is that taxpayers who never received the order – or whose order was sent to the wrong address – are now seeing the outstanding amount directly and are expected to pay.
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