INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR E-COMMUNICATION TO TAX PAYERS

New Delhi: To ease communication with the Income-Tax department, the government has allowed tax payers to reply to notices using their registered email address.

The Income-Tax Department has issued detailed guidelines for using electronic communication, or emails, for paperless assessment proceedings.

As per the guidelines, the department will primarily issue notices or other communication through the email address provided by the assessee or the one available in the last income-tax return furnished.

In case of a company, its email address as available on the website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs or the one made available by the firm will be the primary address.

The assessee may furnish a letter to the Assessing Officer (AO) providing any other email address for the purpose of issuing email.
Read original guidelines here;http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/Lists/Press%20Releases/Attachments/441/Press-Release-Anti-Phishing-email-05-02-2016.pdf

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How to protect yourself from phishing attack?

Phishing is a type of internet fraud in which criminals send emails that appear to come from your bank to get you to enter passwords and account details on a fake version of your bank’s website. Look for the following telltale signs to spot a phishing email:

• Generic greetings such as ‘Dear customer’. If your bank sends you official mail, it should have your full name.
  Threats to your account and requests for immediate action. Most companies want you as a customer and are not likely to be so quick to lose your business.
  Requests for personal information. Most businesses didn’t ask for personal information by phone or through e-mail even before phishing became widespread.
  Suspicious links. Links that are longer than normal, contain the @ symbol or are misspelled could be signs of phishing. It’s safer to type the business’s URL into your browser than to click on any link sent in an email.
  Misspellings and poor grammar.

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