🚨 Important Income Tax Update – CBDT Advisory to Taxpayers 🚨

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued an important press release dated 23 December 2025, encouraging taxpayers to voluntarily review and correct their Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for Assessment Year 2025-26.

🔍 What is the issue? Through advanced data analytics, the Income Tax Department has identified cases where: • Ineligible deductions or exemptions have been claimed • Bogus or doubtful donations (including to unrecognised political parties) are reported • Incorrect or invalid PAN details of donees are mentioned • Excess deduction amounts are claimed

📩 Who will be contacted? Taxpayers identified under risk analytics may receive SMS or email alerts under the NUDGE (Non-Intrusive Usage of Data to Guide and Enable) Campaign, requesting them to review their returns.

⏰ What should taxpayers do? ✔ Carefully review your ITR ✔ Verify all deduction and exemption claims ✔ Correct errors, if any, by filing a revised return on or before 31 December 2025

📌 Why this matters? • Avoid future income tax notices and scrutiny • Prevent additional tax, interest, or penalties • Maintain clean and compliant tax records

✅ Good news: If your deductions and exemptions are genuine and correctly claimed, no action is required.

⚠ Missed this opportunity? You can still file an updated return from 1 January 2026, but additional tax liability may apply as per law.

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