CBDT to Felicitate Outstanding Work of Income Tax Officers in E-Assessment [Read Circular]

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), in order to appreciate and encourage the outstanding work of the Income Tax Officers or officials in e-assessment, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will felicitate the Income Tax Officer and the criteria are specified for the purpose of felicitation.

The felicitation started from January 2020 onwards and every month the best performing Income Tax Officer The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), in order to appreciate and encourage the outstanding work of the Income Tax Officers or officials in e-assessment, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will felicitate the Income Tax Officer and the criteria are specified for the purpose of felicitation. achieving excellence in the prime areas such as collection, investigation, audit, administration, and innovation in the organizational functioning will be selected for felicitation.

The Committee of Commissioners will undertake the selection process. The committees will be formed in each region and the name of the officers will be displayed in the respective regions. The following 5 categories of officers will be selected for felicitation:

1. Investigator of the month,
2. Revenue collector of the month,
3. Administrator of the month,
4. Auditor of the month, and
5. Innovator of the month.

Apart from monthly selection, at the end of each financial year, the said Committee shall also select one or team of Officers in each of the above-mentioned committees.

Further, these officers will be felicitated on the Income Tax Day, in a public function which is organized in the region and the name along with a photograph of such officers will be displayed on the ‘wall of fame’ in Income Tax Achieve or at any prominent place at NADT every year. Further, the outstanding work of the officers will be documented for the purpose of training.

The outstanding work of the Income Tax Officers will be considered for the inclusion in ‘Let us share’, provided that there must be selected by the committee for this purpose.

Thus for this purpose, various criteria are been fixed such as nomination criteria, eligibility, nomination procedure, selection procedure, etc.