43,532 cases wold for limited scrutiny, while another 15,164 will face a simple scrutiny
As many as 58,322 income tax returns filed by the taxpayers during the current year will face scrutiny by the income tax department through an anonymised interaction between an assessing officer and a taxpayer.
The faceless e-assessment system, which eliminates human interface in the income tax assessment system, was formally launched under National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) here on Monday.
Giving a break-up of the tax scrutiny cases, a senior I-T official said that 43,532 cases have been chosen for limited scrutiny, while another 15,164 will face a simple scrutiny. Limited scrutiny deals with a specific issue being probed and has to be completed within a short time. The taxpayer is asked by the taxman to submit some basic documents. Such cases are picked up by the tax department on the suspicion that some income of an assessee has escaped the tax net based on a specific instance. On the other hand, complete scrutiny deals with cases red flagged by the system and requires a larger inquiry wherein the taxpayer has to produce exhaustive list of documents related to income and expense.
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- 13,000 – cases of companies
- 8,000 – cases of salaried individuals chosen for faceless scrutiny
- 2,686 – I-T officials have been deputed for implementation of the scheme
- 24,000 – cases of individuals having income from business
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Faceless scrutiny will be carried out for around 8,000 cases of salaried individuals, 13,000 cases of companies and 24,000 cases of individuals having income from business.
"Anyone whose case is selected for scrutiny will be able to file all the documents online. Now the officer who is going to assess the case will also be selected randomly," revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said after officially launching the e-assessment centre. "The number of cases that are selected for scrutiny is based on certain criteria, including cases where there are serious discrepancies," he added.
Ease of compliance for taxpayers, transparency and efficiency, functional specialisation, improvement in the quality of assessment, risk-based and focused approach, better monitoring and expeditious disposal of cases are some of the salient features of the scheme.
A total of 2,686 officials of the I-T department have been deputed for implementation of the scheme.
The existing system of scrutiny assessments in the Income-tax Department involves a high level of personal interaction between the taxpayer and the Department.
With this, the cases related to assessment and scrutiny will now be randomly allocated to tax officials. To start with, the new system will be launched in a few zones, including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
By eliminating human interface, the government aims to reduce corruption and bring in transparency. Marking a paradigm shift in the functioning of the income tax department, faceless e-assessment will have tax officials of one zone dealing the cases of another zone. Cases for scrutiny will be allocated to assessment units in a random manner. Neither assesse nor assessing officer will get to know each other.
The notices will be issued electronically by a Central Cell, without disclosing the name, designation or location of the assessing officer.
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