# Filed ITR on time? Three reasons you may still get a tax notice 2026-08-15T16:43:46+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Even after filing your income tax return (ITR) on time, you may still receive a notice from the income tax department. According to ndtvprofit.com, there are three reasons why this can happen. The article advises that the first step upon receiving such a notice is to verify its authenticity on the official income-tax e-filing portal. This ensures you are not dealing with a fraudulent notice and allows you to respond correctly through the system. ## Coverage - ndtvprofit.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: e-filing portal, income tax department, ITR Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/filed-itr-on-time-three-reasons-you-may-still-get-a-tax-notice/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/filed-itr-on-time-three-reasons-you-may-still-get-a-tax-notice/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/