There is good news for taxpayers. Now the taxpayers will not have to stand in the dock of questions. In fact, the IT Department notified three official email IDs for taxpayers to file complaints under the ‘Faceless’ or e-Assessment Scheme. Under the e-assessment scheme, there is no face-to-face between the taxpayer and the tax officer.
information given by the department
Giving this information on its official Twitter page, the department said, “With a view to further improve the taxpayer services in line with the Taxpayers’ Charter, the Income Tax Department has launched a dedicated faceless scheme for filing complaints in respect of pending cases.” E-mail ID has been created.’ The department said that complaints can be filed under three different email IDs created for this purpose.
What is Faceless Assessment?
Let us tell you that under the faceless assessment system. The taxpayer does not need to go to the office of the department or meet any officer of the department for the work related to income tax. It is an electronic-based system which will be completely transparent. This scheme was started by the central government in 2019. CBDT said in another tweet that the Income Tax Department has issued refunds of more than 45 thousand 896 crores to 21.32 lakh taxpayers between April 1 and August 2 in the current financial year. The department has issued refund of 13 thousand 694 crore in 20 lakh 12 thousand 802 individual cases. Refund of 32 thousand 203 crore has been issued in 1 lakh 19 thousand 173 corporate cases.
