Directorate & Authorities Of Income Tax India

Directorate & Authorities Of Income Tax India

Directorates 

Directorates are meant to take responsibility for specialized functions. There are 10 specialized directorates within the Income Tax Department (ITD), the most extensive and famous among these being Directorate of Investigation.


List of ITD Directorates
Serial No.DirectorateHead of DirectorateHeadquarter City
1Investigation18 Director Generals of Income Tax (DGsIT)At respective regional headquarters
2SystemsPrincipal Director General of Income TaxNew Delhi
3Legal & ResearchPrincipal Director General of Income TaxNew Delhi
4TrainingPrincipal Director General of Income TaxNADT, Nagpur
5Intelligence & Criminal Investigation (I&CI)Director General of Income TaxNew Delhi
6VigilancePrincipal Director General of Income Tax/CVONew Delhi
7Administration & Tax Payer Services (TPS)Principal Director General of Income TaxNew Delhi
8LogisticsPrincipal Director General of Income TaxNew Delhi
9Human Resource Development (HRD)Principal Director General of Income TaxNew Delhi
10Risk AssessmentDirector General of Income TaxNew Delhi

Income Tax Department

The Income Tax Department (also referred to as IT Department or ITD) is a government agency undertaking direct tax collection of the Government of India. It functions under the Department of Revenue of the Ministry of Finance. Income Tax Department is headed by the apex body Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Main responsibility of Income Tax Dept. is to enforce various direct tax laws, most important among these being the Income-tax Act, 1961, to collect revenue for Government of India. It also enforces other economic laws like the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 and the Black Money Act, 2015.

The Income Tax Act, 1961 has wide scope and empowers ITD to levy tax on income of individuals, firms, companies, local authorities, societies, or other artificial juridical persons. Therefore, Income Tax Department influences businesses, professionals, NGOs, income earning citizens, and local authorities among others. The Act empowers Income Tax Department to tax international businesses and professionals and therefore ITD deals in all matters of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements and various other aspects of international taxation such as transfer pricing. Combating tax evasion and tax avoidance practices is key duty of ITD to ensure constitutionally guided political economy. One measure to combat aggressive tax avoidance is General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR).

What is the role of Income Tax Officer?

A career as an income tax officer comes up with abundant responsibilities. An income tax officer contributes to gathering the revenue for public welfare and running government institutions maintaining accounts of tax from different departments. He or she is responsible for ensuring that the government receives tax from businesses and citizens. A career as an income tax officer requires sending notices and conducting periodic checks for frauds and other illegal activities. An income tax officer provides assistance to people in tax related queries and problems. A career as an income tax officer requires investigating into claims of inability to pay taxes. He or she stays involved in researching court information for the status of liens, mortgages, financial statements or locating assets through third parties of people who do not pay taxes. An income tax officer is responsible for examining and analysing tax assets and liabilities to determine the resolution of delinquent tax problems. A career as an income tax officer requires communicating with companies, lawyers, colleagues and accountants.

Investigation

An Income Tax Officer is responsible for conducting a raid to those individuals, businesses, organisations who have filed an incorrect ITR or did not file an ITR. He or she is responsible for issuing notices for completion of assessment u/s 144.

Assessment

A career as an Income Tax Officer requires assessing the correct income of those who have filed their income tax returns. He or she may call for information required for completion of an income tax assessment to determine filed ITR is same in the light.


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