After incumbent JB Mohapatra retired as the head of the CBDT on April 30, the Indian Revenue Officer Sangeeta Singh has been given Additional Charge of Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT ) Chairperson.
An order issued by the Union Finance Ministry on Sunday said Singh, a 1986-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service of the Income Tax cadre, “shall discharge the duties and responsibilities of the post of chairman, CBDT in addition to her own duties for a period of three months or till a regular chairman is appointed, whichever is earlier.” She is currently serving as the Member (Income Tax and Revenue) and is also holding the additional charge of Member (Tax Payer Services) in the CBDT.
The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have six members who are in the rank of special secretary. It is the administrative body for the Income Tax department. There are five members in the board at present with 1985-batch IRS officer Anuja Sarangi being the senior most.
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