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Faceless Appeals launched by CBDT today- Honoring The Honest

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..... Faceless Appeals launched by CBDT today- Honoring The Honest - News and Press Release Dated:- 25-9-2020 - News - The Income Tax Department today launched Faceless Income Tax Appeals. Under Faceless Appeals, all Income Tax appeals will be finalised in a faceless manner under the faceless ecosystem with the exception of appeals relating to serious frauds, major tax evasion, sensitive search matt .....

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..... ers, International tax and Black Money Act. Necessary Gazette notification has also been issued today. It may be noted that Hon ble PM on 13th August, 2020 while launching the Faceless Assessment and Taxpayers Charter as part of Transparent Taxation - Honoring the Honest platform, had announced launching of Faceless Appeals on 25th September, 2020 on the birth anniversary of Pt. Deen Dayal U .....

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..... padhayay. Also, in recent years the Income Tax Department has carried out several reforms in Direct Taxes for the simplification of tax processes and for ease of compliance for the taxpayers. Under the Faceless Appeals, from now on, in income tax appeals, everything from e-allocation of appeal, e-communication of notice/ questionnaire, e-verification/e-enquiry to e-hearing and finally e-communi .....

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..... cation of the appellate order, the entire process of appeals will be online, dispensing with the need for any physical interface between the appellant and the Department. There will be no physical interface between the taxpayers or their counsel/s and the Income Tax Department. The taxpayers can make submissions from the comfort of their home and save their time and resources. The Faceless Appe .....

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..... als system will include allocation of cases through Data Analytics and AI under the dynamic jurisdiction with central issuance of notices which would be having Document Identification Number (DIN). As part of dynamic jurisdiction, the draft appellate order will be prepared in one city and will be reviewed in some other city resulting in an objective, fair and just order. The Faceless Appeal will p .....

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..... rovide not only great convenience to the taxpayers but will also ensure just and fair appeal orders and minimise any further litigation. The new system will also be instrumental in imparting greater efficiency, transparency and accountability in the functioning of the Income Tax Department. As per data with CBDT, as on date there is a pendency of almost 4.6 lakh appeals at the level of the Comm .....

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..... issioner (Appeals) in the Department. Out of this, about 4.05 lakh appeals, i.e., about 88 % of the total appeals will be handled under the Faceless Appeal mechanism and almost 85% of the present strength of Commissioners (Appeals) shall be utilised for disposing off the cases under the Faceless Appeal mechanism. Ref : Faceless Appeal Scheme, 2020 - News - Press release - PIB Tax Manag .....

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..... ement India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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