National e-assessment centre (NeAC)

 

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To enact the faceless e-assessment scheme, the government has announced setting up of a national e-assessment centre (NeAC) in New Delhi.

• The e-assessment scheme to facilitate faceless assessment of income-tax returns through completely electronic communication between tax officials and taxpayers.
• The e-assessment centre will headed by a Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (PCCIT) as its chief.

 

Aim

The e-assessment process is aimed at minimising the level of interaction between taxpayers and the Income-Tax Department, which leads to “certain undesirable practices on the part of tax officials”.

 

National e-assessment centre (NeAC)

• The National e-assessment centre (NeAC) will be an independent office looking after the work of e-assessment.
• CBDT has appointed 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer K M Prasad the chief, while 1993-batch IRS officer Ashish Abrol has been appointed the Commissioner or second-in-command of the new unit.

 

Source: Financial Express

 

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