The ‘local committees’ formed to deal with taxpayers’ grievances arising out of ‘high-pitched’ scrutiny assessments shall submit their report within about two months, the CBDT has reiterated in a public communication.
A set of “revised” guidelines were issued by the Board in this context in April and these were applicable for cases being scrutinised under both the faceless and non-faceless assessment system. The local committees have been created in each region of the income tax department, that are headed by a principal chief commissioner rank officer (Pr. CCIT), and will comprise three officials of the I-T department in the rank of principal commissioner or commissioner.
The grievances, by taxpayers who feel their scrutiny assessment has been unfair or high-pitched, can be submitted through the designated email id notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) samadhan.Faceless.Assessment@incometax.Gov.In.
“The grievances received shall be forwarded to the local committee of the Pr.CCIT region and after due examination, the committee shall submit a report, preferably within two months from the end of the month of receipt of grievance,” the CBDT said.