Income Tax Department (ITD) has launched a new initiative called e-Sahyog with a view to reduce compliance cost, especially for small taxpayers. This initiative is in line with the government‟s commitment under Digital India to e- enable public services for the benefit of the citizens.

Traditionally, when Income Tax Department (ITD) found mismatch in information shown in the Income Tax Return with the information submitted from third parties ( for example bank, service tax, trade tax/vat authorities etc.) in the form of Annual Information Return (AIR), TDS Statement etc., the cases were selected for scrutiny. This e-sahyog is a Pilot Project to provide an online mechanism to resolve mismatches in income Tax return without requiring taxpayers to attend the Income Tax Office.

After Login to his account at https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, the taxpayer will get the information about the Return Information Mismatch under the tab “My Pending Actions”. The taxpayer will be provided the information submitted by the taxpayer to the ITD in the Return of Income as well as the information received by the ITD from the third party. The taxpayer will be able to submit online response on the issue. The responses submitted online by the taxpayers will be processed and if the response and other information are found satisfactory as per automated closure rules, the issue will be closed. The taxpayer can check the updated status also.

CBDT has issued e-sahyog Step by Step Guide which can be referred to for detailed procedures and examples. The Guide is as under: