Receipt Counters in the Income tax Offices. - Income Tax - 1053/CBDT

INSTRUCTION NO. 1053/CBDT Dated : April 7, 1977 Reference is invited to *Instruction No.13 dated the 11th Feb.1969 (F.N.16/5/69-IT(Coord) and Circular No.3 dated the 11th Feb.1969 conveying the decision of the Board to set up Receipt Counters in the Income tax Offices for acceptance of crossed cheques in payment of direct taxes by assessee. 2. As you are aware, branches of the authorised public Sector Banks had been allowed to accept the payment on account of direct taxes in eight metropolitan cities with effect from 1.4.76. This scheme was further extended to sixty six other cities from 15th November, 1976. This scheme has been further extended to all towns/cities where Income tax offices are situated with effect from 1.4.77. 3. With the extension of the scheme of acceptance of payments of direct taxes through public sector banks w.e.f. 1st April, 1977 to all the 370 places where income tax offices are located at present, there will be a large number of receiving points in each town where taxpayers can pay their tax dues conveniently. It has consequently been decided by the Board that the present facility of accepting crossed cheques tendered by tax-payers at the cheque-receipt-counters of the Income tax Department will be withdrawn with immediate effect. 4. Your are, therefore, requested to issue suitable instructions to the Income tax officers in your charge. 5. The commissioners of Income-tax should, however, ensure that suitable arrangements are made for the following purposes:- (i) all the records relating to cheque counters maintained in accordance with Instruction No.13 dated 10th /11th Feb. 1969 (F.NO.16/5/69-IT(Coord) are collected and kept under safe custody by the nominated supervising officers for future reference; (ii) in respect of the cheques already tendered and accepted at the cheque counters, the assessee's copies of the challans are duly delivered to them; (iii) all unused provisional receipt books already printed and distributed to the field offices are properly accounted for by them and returned to the Commissioners for safe custody; and (iv) such of the taxpayers as may come to the Income-tax offices for paying their tax dues at the cheque counters are advised about the authorised banks where they could pay their taxes hereafter.