Order under sub-section (2) of Section 144B of the Income-tax Act. 1961 (the Act) for specifying the scope/cases to be done under the Act. - 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 Dated, the 6th September, 2021 ORDER Subject: Order under sub-section (2) of Section 144B of the Income-tax Act. 1961 (the Act) for specifying the scope/cases to be done under the Act regarding The Faceless Assessment Scheme, 2019 (the Scheme) has been incorporated in the Act vide the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020. Section 144B of the Act pertaining to Faceless Assessment has been inserted by the said amendment w.e.f. 01.04.2021. 2. The Central Board of Direct Taxes vide Order under sub-section (2) of Section 144B of the Act for specifying the scope/cases to be done under the Act, F.No. 187/3/2020-ITA-I dated 31st March, 2021 (the Order) specified that all the assessment proceedings pending as on 31.03.2021 and the assessment proceedings initiated on or after 01.04.2021 (other than those in the Central Charges and International Taxation Charges) which fall under the class of cases as defined in the said Order shall be completed under section 144B of the Act. 3. In partial modification of the said Order, the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby directs that in addition to the cases in the Central Charges and International Taxation Charges, cases where pendency could not be created on ITBA because of technical reasons or cases not having a PAN, as the case may be, shall also be excluded from the purview of section 144B of the Act. 4. This order comes into effect immediately. (Sourabh Jain) Under Secretary (ITA-I), CBDT