The CBDT has issued a stern directive to Income Tax Department (ITD) offices in the country, asking them to curb “high-pitched” assessments against taxpayers and ensure that assessing officers who issue such irrational orders are transferred and face disciplinary action.
CBDT Chairperson Sushil Chandra, in a recent three-page directive to all regional ITD chiefs, expressed disappointment that a special drive launched in this regard in 2015 had failed to achieve its mandate of resolving taxpayers’ grievances and was under-utilised.