Income Tax Authorities have the powers to carry out assessment, search, seizure, recovery and prosecution proceedings against any taxpayer. If such taxpayer is aggrieved of the orders of any Income Tax Authority (herein called assessing officer), he can file appeal against the order of the assessing officer before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals). CIT (Appeals) is the first appellate authority
Such appeal can be filed within 30 days of receipt of the order or demand notice. Appeal is filed electronically on Income Tax e-filing Portal in the form prescribed i.e. Form-35
Copy of Assessment Order/ Intimation appealed against
Notice of demand in original
Copy of challan evidencing payment of appeal fees
Any other attachment like Power of Attorney in favour of Authorized representative
Following are the orders against which an appeal can be filed before CIT (Appeals):
As per Section 249(2), an appeal shall be filed according to following deadlines:
Yes, appeal can be filed in Form No. 35 beyond the prescribed period of 30 days. But, the taxpayer shall file request for condonation of delay along with Form No. 35 giving the reasons of delay. CIT (A) may admit belated application if he is satisfied that the reason for delay was reasonable
The fees for filing the appeal before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) are as follows:
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