Tax notices to employees are a 'discrepancy', ITRs to be reprocessed: TCS

The company said associates who received the notices will get a rectification intimation in due course and are not required to pay any demand amount

Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday termed the tax demand notices received by several of its employees a “discrepancy,” and the tax department will be reprocessing the returns.

Around 40,000 TCS employees received these notices, with the tax demands ranging from Rs 50,000 to 1 lakh, depending on their seniority within the company. 

“We understand that the tax authorities will be reprocessing the returns, following which the TDS shall be in sync with Form 26AS issued by the Income-Tax Department, and Form 16 Part A issued by TCS. Associates who received the notice will receive a rectification intimation in due course and are not required to pay any demand amount. Once the tax authorities send the rectification intimations, the discrepancies should be resolved,” an internal communication by TCS to its employees reviewed by Business Standard revealed.

The company added, “Associates that received the notice will receive a rectification intimation in due course and are not required to pay any demand amount. Once the tax authorities send the rectification intimations, the discrepancies should be resolved.”

The communication team at TCS did not offer comments on this issue.

“Further to our communication yesterday regarding income-tax demand notices received by many associates from the Income Tax Department, we have received clarification from the tax authorities,” TCS communication to its employees added.

 “The Income-Tax Department should have been more cautious before issuing notices based on technical glitches. Receiving this notice due to such issues can cause significant mental stress and harassment for salaried employees. The department should exercise greater care when issuing notices to employees of a single company,” Abhishek Raja Ram, senior partner at Abhishek Raja and Associates, said.