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I-T dept to intimate taxpayers under scrutiny about faceless assessment

A Section142(1) notice is sent to an assessee to inquire about details and documents before making assessment under the Income Tax Act

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Under faceless scrutiny assessment, a central computer picks up tax returns for scrutiny based on risk parameters and mismatch and then allots them randomly to a team of officers.

Press Trust of India New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Aug 28 2020 | 7:16 PM IST

The income tax department will soon start sending out intimation to assessees undergoing scrutiny that such cases would now be handled under faceless assessment, a tax official said on Friday.

CBDT Additional Commissioner Jaishree Sharma also said that domestic transfer pricing cases too will be covered under the faceless assessment mechanism.

Asked whether the previous notices still stand valid, Sharma said, "Previous notices will not become redundant. First, an intimation would be sent out that your case would now be assessed under faceless assessment scheme and if the Assessing Officer of the Assessment Unit feels that he needs some more

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