Income Tax survey to be conducted only after nod from high-ranked officers
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Pursuant to ‘The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020’, the apex direct tax body CBDT has issued an internal order on exercising the power of survey by tax officers under Section 133A of the I-T Act. In an I-T survey, tax officers visit business premises of the taxpayer to gather information by way of examination of books of accounts, data stored electronically and also access e-mail communication.
“Any verification or survey u/s 1A of the Act by the TDS charge shall be conducted by its own officers. “Where the TDS charge is headed by the Pr. CCIT (Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax) of the region or by the CCIT (TDS), the verification or survey action shall be approved by the Pr.CCIT of the region or the CCIT (TDS), as the case may be and shall be conducted by the officers of the TDS charge,” the CBDT said.
It further said surveys can be conducted only by the officers of the investigation wing or the TDS charge and “any such action shall be taken only as a last resort when all the other means of verification/obtaining details online/recovery are exhausted.” The CBDT also directed that the principal commissioner of I-T or commissioner of I-T of the TDS charge or the investigation wing should monitor and ensure that the survey does not go beyond the scope as approved.
The income tax department on Friday issued new guidelines to restrict intrusive or coercive action for recovery of tax demand by Assessing Officer (AO)/Tax Recovery Officer (TRO). The new guidelines have come into effect immediately.
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