Updated jurisdictional details as well personal details in the Income-tax Web Portal are vital for the communication of notice, summons, requisition, order and other communication by the Department, particularly in case of system generated communications so pointed by the High Court in [2022] 444 ITR 161 (Ker). In this case notices under sections 148, 142(1), 143(3) read with section 147 and the assessment order were served on wrong e- mail id/e-mail id of the erstwhile auditors of the assessee and not to the e-mail id of the assessee available in the Income-tax Portal thus resulting in cancellation of notices and assessment followed by another round of fresh issue of notice and assessment.
It is thus wise and proper to review and update primary and secondary personal details such as email and telephone details at the portal at the time of filing of return every year to prevent any waste of time and resources due to miscommunications/ communications at wrind addresses.