Over 7,000 cases disposed of under I-T dept's faceless assessment process

The Income Tax department has disposed of 7,116 cases without raising any demand for additional tax through faceless assessment process since its launch last year. Demand for additional tax has been made in 291 other cases that have yet to be processed.

Sources said that in all the above cases, the grievances of over-pitched assessment or harassment of taxpayers and tax professionals have been almost eliminated. 

In faceless assessment, all communication with taxpayers is made electronically by a central cell in Delhi and the identity of all the assessing officers remains unknown to the taxpayer at all times, they said.