83-year-old had Rs 2.4L FD, Rs 1.06L cash; how she won 9-year-old tax demand case
An 83-year-old woman successfully challenged a nine-year-old tax demand from the Income Tax Department. The ITAT Jaipur ruled in her favor after the department failed to properly account for her savings and pension funds.
Why it matters
The case underscores the importance of legal recourse for senior citizens facing bureaucratic errors in tax assessments.
This is the case of a senior citizen woman who fought for nine years and won a case against the Income Tax Department’s tax demand. She had been issued a tax notice after it was found that she had made a Fixed Deposit (FD) and deposited cash in her bank account, but had not filed an income tax return (ITR).For reasons not known, the woman did not respond to the notice. The Income Tax Assessing Officer consequently completed the assessment under Section 144 and determined her total income at Rs 5.15 lakh, treating the amount as unexplained.What the case is aboutOn May 14, 2007, the senior citizen woman invested Rs 2 lakh in a two-year FD. The deposit matured on May 29, 2009, following which the bank credited Rs 2.41 lakh to her account.Around the same period, she had also deposited Rs 1.06 lakh in cash.
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