Income Tax Dept designates Officers for Faceless Assessment [Read Notification]
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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a notification designating the income tax officers for the faceless assessment under section 144B of the Income Tax Act, 1961. As per section 144B, the faceless assessment under sub-section (1) shall be made in respect of such territorial area, or persons or class of persons, or incomes or class of incomes, or cases or class of cases, as...
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a notification designating the income tax officers for the faceless assessment under section 144B of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
As per section 144B, the faceless assessment under sub-section (1) shall be made in respect of such territorial area, or persons or class of persons, or incomes or class of incomes, or cases or class of cases, as may be specified by the Board.
A notification issued on Friday stated that “the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby directs that the Income-tax Authorities of Units specified in Column (2) of the Schedule below, having their headquarters at the places mentioned in Column (3) of the said Schedule, shall exercise the powers and functions of Assessing Officers concurrently, to facilitate the conduct of Faceless Assessment proceedings under section 144B of the said Act, in respect of all persons or class of persons, or incomes or class of incomes, or cases or class of cases in the territory of India, excluding the persons or class of persons, or incomes or class of incomes, or cases or class of cases covered by the Notification No. 57/2014 bearing S.O. 2814(E) dated the 3 rd November, 2014 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (ii) or by the Notification No. 70/2014 bearing S.O. 2915(E) dated the 13th November, 2014 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (ii).”
The notification further clarified that “this notification is in pursuance of Ad.VI Order No. 114 of 2022 dated 6th June, 2022 for reversion/ deployment and re-designation of existing posts of Income-tax Authorities. Therefore, this notification is given effect from the said date. It is certified that no person is being adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this notification.”
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