New Delhi/Ahmedabad: The Income Tax Department on Saturday urged taxpayers across the country to ignore emails that wrongly mark “important transactions” under its advance tax e-campaign for assessment year (AY) 2026 27. The advisory came after several individuals, including thousands from Gujarat, reported receiving notices that did not match their financial profiles. In a post on Twitter, the department acknowledged the error and said the issue was being resolved with the service provider handling the communications system. Officials said emails sent as reminders to taxpayers to review information on the compliance portal contained incorrect or duplicate data for many recipients. The department apologized for the inconvenience, saying, “It is reported that some taxpayers have received emails containing incorrect details regarding ‘significant transactions’ undertaken by them as part of the ongoing advance tax e-drive for assessment year 2026-27.” An official said the messages were supposed to be sent after mapping the PAN with the tax that was to be paid as advance tax, but an error resulted in a “mass message”. The fourth installment of advance tax is to be paid by Sunday. In Gujarat, many taxpayers received faulty notices just a day before the deadline for the final installment of advance tax, leading to confusion. The emails contained mismatched or improbable financial details – such as GST turnover values ​​for people who did not have GST registration, and identical transaction values ​​appearing for different people. CA Karim Lakhani said many taxpayers with no advance tax liability were listed under the ‘significant transactions’ category. “Taxpayers who do not have GST numbers have received notices showing GST turnover. In many cases, the value of transactions was the same for different individuals. The government has now clarified the error and asked people to ignore such emails,” he said.