CBDT asks Tax Officials to Speed-up the Process of Withdrawal of Appeals [Read Letter]

The Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT ) has asked the Tax Department Officials to speed-up the process of Withdrawal of Appeals.

The CBDT has sent a letter to officers, asking them to complete the exercise by January end.

In a Communcation issued by Neena Kumar IRS said that, “ensure that immediate efforts are made to arrange personal meetings with senior officials of registry of ITAT and High Court so that the appeal withdrawal process is completed quickly. Entire exercise of withdrawal of appeals must conclude by January end and withdrawal figures intimated to the Board on email at cit.al.cbdtincometax.gov.in latest by 31st January, 2019 in the format prescribed”.

The department had decided to increase the threshold monetary limits for filing Departmental Appeals at various levels, be it Appellate Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court in the following manner :-

Sl. No.	Appeal Fora	Present limit for filing appeal (In Rs.)	Enhanced limit (In Rs.)
1.	ITAT / CESTAT	10 lakhs	20 lakhs
2.	High Courts	20 lakhs	50 lakhs
3.	Supreme Court	25 lakhs	1 Crore

In case of CBDT, out of total cases filed by the Department in ITAT, 34% of cases will be withdrawn. In case of High Courts, 48% of cases will be withdrawn and in case of Supreme Court 54% of cases will be withdrawn. The total percentage of reduction of litigation from Department’s side will get reduced by 41%. However, this will not apply in such cases where substantial point of law is involved.

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