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Adjustment Made by CPC Under Section 143(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Explore the history and key adjustments under Section 143(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act, including recent amendments and CPC's role ...

September 4, 2024 27477 Views 0 comment Print

Uncovering the Limitations of India’s Centralized Processing System (CPC) for Taxpayers

Income Tax : Discover the limitations of Indias Centralized Processing System (CPC) for taxpayers. Explore solutions to enhance communication a...

March 4, 2023 2295 Views 0 comment Print

Second Substantive Ground of Appeal against an Adjustment U/s 143(1)(A)(IV)

Income Tax : In my previous article ‘The First Substantive Ground of Appeal against an adjustment u/s 143(1)(a)(iv)‘, the following...

August 25, 2021 3186 Views 0 comment Print

First Substantive Ground of Appeal against Section 143(1)(a)(iv) adjustment

Income Tax : The First Substantive Ground of Appeal against an adjustment made under Section 143(1)(a)(iv) It has been 15 years since the Incom...

August 15, 2021 9654 Views 2 comments Print

Option to file ‘Rectification Petition’ missing from new Income Tax Portal

Income Tax : RECTIFICATION OF AN ORDER RECEIVED FROM CPC AND ISSUES RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF THE RECTIFICATION PETITION If the assessee finds a ...

July 27, 2021 4842 Views 6 comments Print


Latest News


Representation on adjustments (over & above 20% of disputed demand) by CPC

Income Tax : KSCAA Representation regarding adjustments (over and above 20% of disputed demand) by CPC despite assessments pending before first...

September 4, 2023 3309 Views 0 comment Print

BCAS Representation to CPC on Difficulties faced by the taxpayers

Income Tax : BCAS has made an excellent Representation to CPC on Difficulties faced by the taxpayers alongwith their suggestions to remove the ...

December 17, 2020 9984 Views 0 comment Print

Centralized Processing Centre (CPC) gets unique Pincode

Income Tax : A unique PINCODE 560500 has been allotted to Centralized Processing Centre (CPC), Income Tax Department located in Bengaluru by th...

April 13, 2017 5421 Views 0 comment Print

Raise Grievance regarding communication received from CPC Bengaluru

Income Tax : Recently, members are raising concerns regarding the problem faced by them in resolving the grievances in respect of Communication...

March 6, 2017 1347 Views 0 comment Print

Advisory from CPC (TDS) regarding spurious emails

Income Tax : This is to inform that a few emails received by the Deductors and Taxpayers have been brought to the attention of the Centralized ...

August 20, 2015 1691 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CPC Cannot Deny 25% Tax Rate Benefit Due to Missing ITR Column: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that CPC’s application of a 30% tax rate merely due to absence of turnover disclosure in the return form coul...

May 13, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print

Addition Based Solely on Inadvertent Tax Audit Report Error Cannot Be Sustained u/s 143(1): ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The tribunal considered whether CPC could rely solely on the original tax audit report to make an adjustment. It held that correct...

March 12, 2026 1092 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands PF/ESI Disallowance to CIT(A) for Fresh Review Following SC Ruling in Checkmate Services

Income Tax : The Tribunal remanded the disallowance of PF and ESI contributions to the CIT(A) to reconsider the issue in light of the Supreme C...

February 22, 2026 588 Views 0 comment Print

U/s 143(1)(a) Adjustment Invalid Without Prior Intimation; No Addition for Bad Debt Already Offered to Tax – ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that CPC cannot make an adjustment under Section 143(1)(a) without issuing prior intimation and considering t...

February 21, 2026 519 Views 0 comment Print

80P Disallowance via 143(1) Invalid Before 1-4-2021 – Appeal Allowed

Income Tax : The Tribunal clarified that CPC could not make prima facie adjustments denying Section 80P deduction before the Finance Act, 2021 ...

February 18, 2026 396 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Grants CPC Power to Rectify AO Orders for Accounting Errors

Income Tax : CBDT Notification 155/2025 confers concurrent powers on the Commissioner of Income Tax, CPC Bengaluru, to rectify apparent errors ...

October 27, 2025 15207 Views 2 comments Print

CPC-TDS enables online correction in form 26QB

Income Tax : Section 194IA of the IT Act relates to TDS on Sale of property. Form 26QB is an online statement-cum-challan to be filled and subm...

March 22, 2016 102529 Views 4 comments Print


Second Substantive Ground of Appeal against an Adjustment U/s 143(1)(A)(IV)

August 25, 2021 3186 Views 0 comment Print

In my previous article ‘The First Substantive Ground of Appeal against an adjustment u/s 143(1)(a)(iv)‘, the following propositions were advanced: ♦ Under the present Section 143(1) only processing of a return takes place and it is no longer an assessment. ♦ Processing of a return under Section 143(1) need not be done by the AO […]

First Substantive Ground of Appeal against Section 143(1)(a)(iv) adjustment

August 15, 2021 9654 Views 2 comments Print

The First Substantive Ground of Appeal against an adjustment made under Section 143(1)(a)(iv) It has been 15 years since the Income Tax Department hastily introduced e-filing, without proper testing and we CAs who filed the returns for our clients had to bear the brunt of the beta testing. Though e-filing was introduced in 2006, it […]

Option to file ‘Rectification Petition’ missing from new Income Tax Portal

July 27, 2021 4842 Views 6 comments Print

RECTIFICATION OF AN ORDER RECEIVED FROM CPC AND ISSUES RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF THE RECTIFICATION PETITION If the assessee finds a mistake in the order received from the new Income Tax Site, he has been prompted to click the SERVICES button and proceed for filing ‘Rectification Petition’. But under ‘services’ menu, the option for filing […]

CPC handbook covering FAQs on topics related to ITRs

January 16, 2021 4350 Views 1 comment Print

CPC Handbook For Tax Consultants/Taxpayers – November 2020 Centralized Processing Center, Bangalore has prepared a handbook in order to provide guidance to taxpayers and taxpayers’ representatives regarding e-filing of returns, processing of returns, issue of refunds, validation of bank accounts, filing of rectification applications and various other connected topics. The answers to the Frequency Asked […]

BCAS Representation to CPC on Difficulties faced by the taxpayers

December 17, 2020 9984 Views 0 comment Print

BCAS has made an excellent Representation to CPC on Difficulties faced by the taxpayers alongwith their suggestions to remove the difficulties. Difficulties which BCAS bring to the attention of CPC are as follows:- Providing correct TDS credit, Satisfactory solution to be provided for grievances raised in Income-tax Portal, Demand rectified by AO not deleted by […]

Common Reason for E-filed Defective Returns

September 7, 2020 15064 Views 0 comment Print

Currently CPC is unable to process over 2 lakhs returns which have been classified as defective under CPC’s business rules. Assessees are requested to avoid errors mentioned below which are among the top reasons for the return to be classified as defective: 1. ITR 4 – The assessee has not filled Part A P&L or Balance Sheet or both and gross receipts as per and has entered a positive value in Schedule BP serial no1. This is the single largest reason for returns being classified as defective

CPC & issues in processing of Section 10(23C)(iiiad) exemption

September 2, 2020 60546 Views 5 comments Print

Charitable Trusts having multiple educational institutions are facing many issues especially of exemptions u/s 10(23C)(iiiad) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, in processing of returns by CPC and in assessments. Following is an analysis of the section and the legal precedents. 1. The law Section 10(23C)(iiiad) reads as under – Incomes not included in total […]

3 Tips for those Making TDS payment through multiple challans

July 14, 2020 45813 Views 15 comments Print

For Deductors’ convenience, CPC (TDS) has established processing logic in the system that can accept a Single Challan per month for reporting of Tax Deposited in following circumstances : Situation 1: Where Payment of Tax Deducted is required under ‘different sections‘ of the Income Tax Act, 1961: The CPC (TDS) system gives credit of TDS […]

How to submit Response to Outstanding Income Tax Demand

July 9, 2020 113677 Views 32 comments Print

Once the e-Filed returns are processed and outstanding tax demand available in e-Filing portal, assessee is facilitated to submit the response against outstanding tax demand raised by CPC/AST. In this article we have discussed how a Taxpayer can submit online response against such Income Tax Demands :-

CPC (TDS) Information Security Advisory to Tax Deductors

July 5, 2020 18490 Views 0 comment Print

Your User ID and Password are the most sensitive information, misuse of which can lead to tampering of confidential TDS related information, your own sensitive data and Deductee related confidential information.

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