PM Modi to unveil friendly measures for honest taxpayers ahead of I-Day

Steps may include a taxpayer charter to empower assessees by outlining their right to get time-bound services and expansion of scope of faceless assessment to prevent harassment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to unveil new measures to promote tax-friendliness and transparency, during a video conference with officers and taxpayers scheduled for Thursday.  

These measures may include the unveiling of a taxpayer charter to empower assessees by outlining their rights to get time-bound services, and expansion of the scope of faceless assessment to prevent harassment.

Modi will launch the platform for Transparent Taxation — Honoring the Honest two days ahead of Independence Day. 

“The upcoming launch of Transparent Taxation — Honoring the Honest by the PM will carry forward the journey of direct tax reforms,” the finance ministry said in