How to Check Outstanding Demand in Income Tax?

Just a few months back my sister came to me worried and confused about some outstanding demand in her income tax. She wasn’t aware of how to check outstanding demand in income tax. So, I helped her by telling her that verifying whether or not the income-tax agency has issued you with a notice or has an outstanding demand is quite easy. First off, if you have any outstanding demands, the income-tax department will notify you through email at the address you have on file. 

How to check demand in income tax?

If you have income tax outstanding demand and if for any reason you haven't gotten any unanswered demand emails from the Department and otherwise if you wish to check to see if you actually have a case like this, simply follow the instructions below:

Use your User ID, which is your PAN, and password to access the 

Select "Response To Outstanding Demand" under the "Pending activities" tab after logging in.

If there are no outstanding demands or pending actions, the following message will be shown.

“No records of Outstanding demand found”

The following message will appear on the screen if there is an outstanding demand: "Records are as per the data available at Income Tax Department," followed by a list of the demands' specifics.

Additionally, take the following actions to determine if you are the subject of any notices:

1. Choose Pending Actions from the top menu.

2. Choose Worklist

In the event that you are the subject of pending notices, they shall be listed there.

To further understand how to see outstanding demand in income tax site, follow the given steps. Select any of the available answers.

• Demand is accurate.

• Demand is only partly accurate.

• Contradicting the demand

• Demand is incorrect, but you consent to a change

• After selecting "Demand is right," click "Submit" to "Confirm" and finish submitting the response.

• You are unable to dispute the demand once you have confirmed that it is accurate.

• If a refund is necessary, the return will be deducted from the unmet demand.

• The link beneath the "Pay Tax" option allows the taxpayer to pay the demand.

• Selecting "Demand is partially correct" will prompt you to enter the "Amount which is correct" and have the "Amount which is erroneous" automatically filled in. Choose the right reason(s) from the list, fill in all the necessary fields, add any required supporting documents, and click "Submit" to send your response.

• When selecting "Disagree with demand," choose the proper reason(s) from the list, fill out all the necessary fields, upload the required supporting documents, and then click "Submit" to send your response.

• Select the relevant reason(s) from the menu after selecting "Demand is not accurate but agree for adjustment," fill out all the necessary fields, upload the required supporting documents, and then "Submit" the response.

On successful submission of the response, a success message and Transaction ID are shown.

These are the steps that need to be followed if you want to understand how to check outstanding demand in income tax.