Order under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Income Tax - F No. 187/3/2020-ITA-I

F No. 187/3/2020-ITA-I Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) North Block, New Delhi 110001 Dated the is 18th September, 2020 ORDER Subject: Order under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act)- Regarding. In partial modification to the order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (henceforth referred to as the Act) issued vide F. No. 187/3/2020-ITA-I, dated 13th August, 2020 prescribing the Income-tax Authority for the purpose of exercise of power of survey u/s 133A of the Act, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of powers under section 119 of the Act, further directs that:- i) the verification surveys by the International Taxation charges will henceforth be conducted by them with the approval of the CCsIT (International Taxation) concerned and where there is no CCIT (International Taxation), with the approval of CCIT (International Taxation). ii) the verification surveys by the TDS charges will henceforth be conducted by them with the approval of CCsIT (TDS) and where there is no CCIT(TDS), with the approval of Pr. CCsIT of the iii) any survey action u/s 133A of the Act by the Central charges will be conducted after the approval of CCIT(Central)/DGIT(Investigation) and in collaboration with the investigation wing. 2. However, before approving any survey action by Pr. CCsIT/ Pr. DGsIT/CCsIT/DGsIT must ensure that all the other possibilities are exhausted and the survey action has to be resorted to only as a last resort. 3. This order comes into effect immediately. 4. The Hindi version of this order shall follow. (Gulzar Ahmad Wani) Under Secretary to the Government of India