It has been observed that a large number of assessees are finding outstanding income-tax demands on the portal relating to very old assessment years, in some cases as old as AY 2007–08, i.e. almost 15 years old. The common features of such demands are as under: 1. The demand has appeared for the first time on the Income-tax portal around 2022, i.e. nearly 15 years after its alleged creation.