The Income Tax Department has asked assesses not to respond to notices of arrears of paltry amounts such as one rupee, 4 rupees and 6 rupees as demands of less than 100 rupees will be adjusted against future refunds.

An official release said, the Department has issued the clarification in response to reports that the Central Processing Centre (CPC), Bangalore, is sending notices for payment of tax arrears as small as one rupee, four rupees and six rupees and thus causing hardship to assesses.