return for financial year 2012-13

[satbir singhwahi]

Received notice for not filing of return for financial year 2012-13 . Though tds deducted for salary income received during the year financial year 2012-13. How can one file return as only returns for financial year 2013-14 and 2014-15 are being accepted by CPC .

[DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN]

You can file return now for those periods.

AI Summary

Income tax return filing: omitted-year returns can still be submitted now to regularise prior non-filing notices. A taxpayer received a notice for non-filing of an Income Tax Return for a prior year despite salary TDS having been deducted; although the processing centre had been accepting returns only for later years, the advisory response confirms the taxpayer can file the omitted return now and regularise the tax position through available filing mechanisms.