PM Mr. Modi Launches New Administration under Income Tax | Seamless, Painless & Faceless

A Platform for Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest

• Any assessment, outside the faceless scheme will be Invalid ( other than exception)
• No Intrusive and survey action by field officers ; only following after the approval from the level of chief commissioner or above
  • Investigating wing and
  • TDS Wing

Faceless Assessments

• • Selection only through a system using data analytics & Artificial Intelligence
  • Abolition of territorial jurisdiction
  • Automated random allocation of cases Central issuance of notices with Document Identification No. (DIN)
  • No physical interface,
  • No need to visit income tax office
  • Team-based assessments and Team-based review
  • Draft assessment order in one city, review in another city & finalization in third city
• Exceptions

• • Serious frauds, Major Tax Evasion, Sensitive & Search matters
  • International tax &
  • Black Money Act
  • Benami Property

Faceless Appeals

• Proposed to be implemented from 25th September, 2020
  • Appeals to be randomly allotted to any officer in the country 
    • the identity of officer deciding appeal will remain unknown
    • no need to visit the office/ officer 
    • The appellate decision will be team based and reviewed
  • Exceptions 
    • serious frauds
    • Major Tax Evasion
    • Sensitive and search matters
    • International Tax
    • Black Money Act & Benami Property 

Taxpayers Charter

• Commitments to taxpayers
  • To provide fair, courteous, and reasonable treatment
  • Treat taxpayer as honest
  • To provide mechanism for appeal and review To provide complete and accurate information
  • To provide timely decisions
  • To collect the correct amount of tax
  • To respect privacy of taxpayers
  • To maintain confidentiality
  • To hold its authorities accountable To enable representative of choice
  • To provide mechanism to lodge complaint
  • To provide a fair & just system
  • To publish service standards & report periodically
  • To reduce cost of compliance

#Honoring The Honest

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