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CBDT launches faceless income tax appeals
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SME Times News Bureau | 25 Sep, 2020
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Friday launched the Centre's
much-publicised reform measure of faceless income tax appeals.
Under
faceless appeals, all income tax appeals will be finalised online under
the faceless ecosystem with the exception of appeals relating to
serious frauds, major tax evasion, sensitive and search matters along
with international tax and the Black Money Act.
On August 13,
while launching the Faceless Assessment and Taxpayers' Charter as part
of "Transparent Taxation - Honoring the Honest" platform, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi announced the launching of 'Faceless Appeals' on
September 25.
"From now on in income tax appeals, everything from
e-allocation of appeal, e-communication of notice/questionnaire,
e-verification/e-enquiry to e-hearing and finally, e-communication of
the appellate order, the entire process of appeals will be online,
dispensing with the need for any physical interface between the
appellant and the department," said the statement.
There will be
no physical interface between the taxpayers or their counsel/s and the
Income Tax Department, it said, adding that the taxpayers can make
submissions from the comfort of their home and save their time and
resources.
According to the CBDT, the faceless appeal system
will include allocation of cases through data analytics and artificial
intelligence under the dynamic jurisdiction with central issuance of
notices which would be having Document Identification Number (DIN).
As
part of dynamic jurisdiction, the draft appellate order will be
prepared in one city and will be reviewed in some other city resulting
in an objective, fair and just order.
As per the CBDT, the
faceless appeal will provide not only great convenience to the taxpayers
but also it will ensure that it will ensure just and fair appeal orders
and minimise any further litigations. The new system will also be
instrumental in imparting greater efficiency, transparency and
accountability in the functioning of the Income Tax Department, it said.
As on date, there is a pendency of almost 4.6 lakh appeals at the level of the Commissioner (Appeals) in the Department.
Out
of this, about 4.05 lakh appeals, or about 88 per cent of the total
appeals, will be handled under the faceless appeal mechanism and almost
85 per cent of the present strength of Commissioners (Appeals) shall be
utilised for disposing off the cases under the faceless appeal
mechanism.
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