CBDT to review new taxpayer centric measures, tax collection

The CBDT will hold a high-level meeting with top officials of India's Income Tax department this week to review the on-ground implementation of some of the recent initiatives announced by the government for a taxpayer- friendly regime and to widen the base of taxpaying people.

The meeting, scheduled for January 13, will be chaired by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman A K Jain and will be attended by other members of the board who will interact with all the regional IT department heads via video conferencing.

According to the agenda proposed for the meeting accessed by PTI, the top policy-making body of the Income Tax department will review the current status of revenue collection under the direct taxes category, prompt issuance of refunds upto Rs 50,000 in non-scrutiny cases and progress on the new project of holding scrutiny of cases through email and internet-based communication.

The meeting will also assess the progress made by IT department in adding new assesses under the initiative to add one crore new taxpayers this fiscal.