Government has decided to form an additional bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Surat. By this move, Gujarat will get a second Tribunal after Ahmedabad bench.
This will be a major relief to tax payers of Surat who has to travel to Ahmedabad for their tax dispute appeals.
The ITAT at Surat will have jurisdiction of the districts like Bharuch, Dang, Narmada, Navsari, Tapi and Valsad along with the union territories of Diu, Daman and Dadra-Nagar Haveli (DNH). “This will help people to file their appeals in Surat rather than coming all the way to Ahmedabad”, said an official.
“On July 24, the notification was issued for setting up of the Surat bench. The cases of Surat and other areas of South Gujarat will now be heard at Surat ITAT. These cases were earlier heard by Ahmedabad bench,” said an I-T official.
