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Govt. notifies e-assessment process for income tax payers

Govt. notifies e-assessment process for income tax payers

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The ambitious ‘e -assessment’ scheme, also called the faceless or nameless assessment, for income-tax payers has been notified by the Central government. The notification gazette was published by the Union Finance Ministry on Thursday.

The scheme envisages creation of a national e-assessment centre. The centre will serve notices to the assessees specifying the issues for selection of their case for assessment and after a response is received from them within 15 days, the centre will allocate the case to an assessing officer using an automated system, it said.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the scheme will be rolled out from October 8, which is also ‘Vijayadashami’. “A person shall not be required to appear either personally or through authorised representative in connection with any proceedings under this scheme (e-assessment) before the income-tax authority at the National e-assessment Centre or Regional e-assessment Centre or any unit set up under this scheme,” the notification said.

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