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The envelope with the Government of India seal showed up Tuesday. Or it was an email at 11:47 pm. You saw “Section 148” and your stomach dropped. You Googled and found six contradictory answers. 148, 148A, 143(2), 245, 139(9), each is a different deadline and a different reply. Answer five questions and we'll tell you exactly which one you have.
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No. A Chartered Accountant can represent you end-to-end, reply to the notice, file the response, attend faceless proceedings. That right now sits in Section 515 of the Income-tax Act 2025, which carries forward Section 288 of the 1961 Act. You handle the case from abroad over email and e-proceedings.
Typically 30 days from the date of service, though the notice itself states the exact window. Section 148A pre-notice show-cause gives 7 to 30 days. Missing either deadline lets the Assessing Officer complete an ex parte reassessment against you.
No. Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 caps the Section 148 reassessment window at 3 years 3 months from the end of the relevant assessment year (5 years 3 months if asset-linked escaped income ≥ ₹50 lakh). Anything older is time-barred unless the assessment was reopened earlier.
Reply with the sale deed, Form 26AS extract showing the buyer's TDS, your ITR-V for that year, and the capital-gains computation. Most notices driven by SFT property-sale flags close within one reply cycle once the match is documented.
No. NRI status doesn't cancel a notice that relates to India-source income in a past year. Silence converts the notice into an ex parte assessment plus a recovery proceeding that can freeze your Indian bank accounts. Always reply.
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