05 — Notices & disputes
Tax notice reply — GST & income tax
Read the notice, work out what it really asks, and file a reply on the record before the window closes.
A notice is a deadline with a letterhead. The worst outcome is not a bad reply — it is no reply, because an ex parte order is far harder and far more expensive to unwind than an answered notice.
We handle the common ones:
- GST ASMT-10 — scrutiny of returns, usually a GSTR-1 versus 3B or a 2B credit mismatch.
- GST DRC-01 / DRC-01A — a demand, or the intimation before one. The window here is short.
- GST REG-17 — show cause for cancellation, typically after non-filing.
- Income tax 143(1)(a) — an adjustment proposed against your return; thirty days to respond.
- Income tax 139(9) — a defective return, which is fatal if left alone.
- Income tax 142(1) / 148 — enquiry and reassessment, where the reply needs real care.
You send us a photograph of the notice. Within a working day you get a plain-language explanation of what the department is actually asking, what it will likely cost, and what we recommend.
Start with a call about this
Thirty minutes, a fixed quote in writing the same day, and the fee adjusted against the work if you go ahead within fourteen days.
Questions
About tax notice reply — gst & income tax
The things people ask us before they start.
The deadline is in three days. Is it too late?
Almost never. Call us the same day — an adjournment request or a partial reply filed on the record is vastly better than silence, and it preserves your position.
Do I have to appear in person?
Most GST and income tax proceedings are now faceless and handled entirely on the portal. Where a personal hearing is fixed, it is usually by video.
Can you take over a matter someone else started badly?
Yes. Send us everything filed so far. Reversing an unhelpful submission is harder than starting clean, but it is usually still possible.