Taxpayers will now be able to correct errors or report income that they failed to report, for an additional period of up to two years.
This can be done via an updated return, and taxpayers who did not file an original return can also make use of this facility.
However, this carries steep penalties, and the later you file, the worse it gets.
Here’s everything you need to know about the updated return announced in Budget 2022.The provisions of updated return are applicable from April 1, 2022.
It is worth noting that you can file an updated
return even if you did not file the original return, which is an improvement
over the concept of revised return, according to Abhishek Rastogi, partner at
Khaitan & Co., a corporate law firm.
Here’s everything you should know about the updated return.
What is an updated return?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a
new clause that will allow taxpayers to file ‘updated’ returns to correct
omissions and errors in their original tax returns, within two years from the
end of the relevant assessment year.
This proposal allows taxpayers to avoid lengthy processes, which are involved in assessing and taxing income that has not been disclosed or assessed.
How is updated return different from revised return?
The Income Tax Act provisions allow taxpayers to
revise their returns, but here’s how an updated return is different from a
revised return:
1. Updated return
can be filed even if you have not filed your original return, while revised
return cannot be filed without filing the original return.
2. Updated return
can be filed only if there is an additional tax liability, while revised return
has no such restrictions.
3. Updated return
can be filed within two years from the end of the relevant assessment year,
while revised return has to be filed before three months of the end of the
relevant assessment year.
4.
While there are
no penalties for filing a revised return, an updated return carries a penalty
of 25-50% of the tax liability.
Who can file an updated return?
An updated return can only be filed if it
results in the assessment of additional tax liability – that is, if the update
reduces your tax outgo, or results in a return of loss, you cannot file it.
Essentially, an updated return
cannot result in a decrease of the income you reported in your original or
revised return.
Apart from this, taxpayers against whom search
under Section 132 or 133A has been initiated or a notice has been served,
cannot file an updated return.
What are the penalties for filing an updated return?
If you file the updated return within 12 months
of the end of the relevant assessment year, you will be liable to pay a penalty
equivalent to 25% of the tax and interest payable.
If you do file the updated return between 12 and
24 months of the end of the relevant assessment year, the penalty will increase
to 50%.
If you file the updated return within 12 months of the end of the relevant assessment year, you will be liable to pay a penalty equivalent to 25% of the tax and interest payable.
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