NEW DELHI, SEPT 21: In a bid to bring an end to the alleged complaint of harassment by tax payers and reduce the interface between the taxpayer and the AO, the Income Tax department has decided to launch a new system of issuing email notices to which an assessee can respond electronically, obviating the need for a physical interface with the taxman.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex policy-making body of the IT department, is working on a strategy to create the required processes and capacity in this regard.
The I-T Department is thinking of making life easier for taxpayers especially for those who are in the middle and the slightly higher tax bracket. So, it’s thinking of allowing that when a notice is issued in an assessment or scrutiny case, the taxpayer can send the department an e-response, said CBDT Chairperson Anita Kapur
If a taxpayer provides the department with a bonafide email address in his/her Income Tax Return (ITR), the Board will be able to send him/her an e-notice and not a paper document dispatched through post.
“The taxpayer can respond through the email and if we have some more queries we give you another notice by the electronic medium so that both the AO and the taxpayer remain in an e-environment,” Kapur said adding that the taxpayer can send documents over email, scan them, upload them.
