Rule 42 - Prescribed authority for tax clearance certificates - Income-tax Rules, 1962

PART IX TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES Prescribed authority for tax clearance certificates. 42. (1) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 230, the prescribed authority shall be the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax or the Director-General of Income-tax, as the case may be, who has jurisdiction over the persons not domiciled in India or any other income-tax authority authorized by such Chief Commissioner or Director-General in this behalf. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1A) of section 230, the prescribed authority shall be the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax having jurisdiction over the persons domiciled in India or any other income-tax authority authorized by him in this behalf : Provided that in the case of a person domiciled in India referred to in the first proviso to sub-section (1A) of section 230, the application shall be made to the Assessing Officer who has jurisdiction to assess such person.