133(6) Notice Reply Format 2026
To,
{{officer_designation}}
Date: 1 October 2026
Reply to Notice under Section 133(6) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 — Furnishing of Information
Name: {{client_name}} | PAN: {{client_pan}}
Ref: Notice dated
Information called for in respect of: {{subject_party}} | Period: {{information_period}}
Respected Sir / Madam,
1. With reference to the notice cited above, the undersigned furnishes the information called for. The undersigned is ____________ [state constitution and nature of business in one sentence] and maintains regular books of account, from which the information below has been compiled.
A. Point-wise reply
| Sl. | Information / document called for | Reply | Annexure |
|---|
| 1 | ____________ [reproduce the requirement verbatim] | ____________ | ____ |
| 2 | ____________ | ____________ | ____ |
| 3 | ____________ | ____________ | ____ |
| 4 | ____________ | ____________ | ____ |
B. Statement of transactions with {{subject_party}} for the period {{information_period}}
| Date | Nature of transaction | Invoice / document no. | Amount (₹) | Mode of payment / receipt | Bank and reference no. |
|---|
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| Total | | | ____________ | | |
| Ledger summary | Amount (₹) |
|---|
| Opening balance as on ____________ | ____________ Dr / Cr |
| Add: transactions during the period | ____________ |
| Less: payments / receipts during the period | ____________ |
| Closing balance as on ____________ | ____________ Dr / Cr |
- Drafting hint: where the notice asks you to confirm transactions with another person, delete nothing from Part B — the ledger summary is what the officer matches against that person's books. Where the notice is about your own affairs (a property purchase, cash deposits, a foreign remittance), replace Part B with a source-of-funds statement.
- Drafting hint: answer only what is asked, completely, and from the books. Volunteering explanations for transactions the notice does not mention widens the inquiry.
- Drafting hint: the figures here will be compared with your return, your GST returns and the other party's ledger. Reconcile to all three before you send it.
C. Information not readily available
2. The information at Sl. No. ____________ ____________ [is not maintained in the form called for / relates to a period for which records are being retrieved / is in the custody of ____________]. It will be furnished by ____________, and the undersigned requests that time be allowed until then. [Delete if everything has been furnished.]
D. Authority for the requisition (use only where no proceeding is pending)
3. The notice does not refer to any proceeding pending under the Act. Under the second proviso to section 133(6), where no proceeding is pending, the power is exercisable by an authority below the rank of Principal Director, Director, Principal Commissioner or Commissioner only with the prior approval of that authority. The information is furnished in good faith and without prejudice; the undersigned requests that the particulars of the approval be communicated. [Delete where the notice refers to a pending proceeding or records the approval.]
VERIFICATION
I, ____________, ____________ [designation] of {{client_name}}, declare that the information furnished above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and is in accordance with the books of account and records maintained.
Place: __________________
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For {{client_name}}
_______________________________
Authorised Signatory
Address: {{client_address}}
Encl.: Ledger account(s); copies of invoices / agreements; bank statement extracts showing the payments / receipts; ____________
