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Taxpayers in India are receiving notices from the Income Tax department for old tax demands, some dating back more than 15 years, that have already been paid and closed..
Many taxpayers are confused as they no longer have the payment receipts or rectification orders to prove they have paid the taxes..
The errors are believed to be a result of the department migrating to a new system.Getty.
While the departments records show the demands as 'unpaid', tax payers who have received the notices are confident they have no such outstanding with the tax office...
While the tax office can go back up to ten years in reopening as assessment under the grounds that some income has escaped untaxed, there is no time limit in pursuing old demands with taxpayers...
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