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Not taken into confidence for faceless assessment scheme: Tax officers

In a letter to the CBDT Chairman P C Mody, the association has highlighted the unease among 97 per cent of the I-T department workforce with respect to the implementation of the scheme

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It is the first official reaction from I-T officers on the big announcement requiring complete overhaul

Dilasha Seth New Delhi
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the faceless assessment scheme as part of the measures to promote transparency in taxation, the association representing income-tax (I-T) officers and employees has expressed distress over not being “taken into confidence” to carry out a reform requiring complete overhaul of the department. 

In a letter to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman P C Mody, the association has highlighted the unease among 97 per cent of the I-T department workforce with respect to the implementation of the scheme.

While it supported the vision of bringing in greater transparency and better taxpayer