'Faceless' authority proposes restructuring in Income-Tax department

Calls for merger of supervisory officers at CIT level and above

The department tasked with administering the ambitious Faceless Assessment Scheme (FAS) has admitted that the scheme has not gotten off to a smooth start and has proposed a restructuring in the income tax (I-T) department to iron out the anomalies.

The National Faceless Assessment Centre (NaFAC) on Thursday shot off a letter to senior officials of the I-T department seeking a restructuring of the faceless system by merging the role of supervisory officers from the level of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) and above.

“Experience and feedback received so far indicate that the faceless assessment and erstwhile territorial jurisdictional structure has resulted