"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
The Ministry of Finance has vide letter dated 23.01.2012 invited applications for appointment to the post of “Income Tax Ombudsman”. The post of “Income Tax Ombudsman” carries a pay scale of Rs.75500-80000. Interested candidates are requested to forward their application by 23.02.2012 indicating their preferred location.
Applications for post of "Income-tax Ombudsman" 2012 (494.0 KiB, 1,387 hits)
Vide Order No. 1/FT & TR 2012 dated 31.01.2012, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has constituted 10 Dispute Resolution Panels to sit at various locations across the Country.
Order No. 1 of 2012 constitution 10 DRP Panels (35.8 KiB, 892 hits)
Vide Order No. 223 of 2012 dated 25.01.2012 the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (CCA) Kolkota has transferred several officers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners / Directors of Income-tax with immediate effect
Order No. 223 dt. 25.01.12 transferring Deputy/ Assistant CITs/ DITs (158.3 KiB, 914 hits)
Vide Order No. 222 of 2012 dated 25.01.2012 the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (CCA) Kolkota has transferred several officers in the grade of Additional / Joint Commissioners / Directors of Income-tax with immediate effect
Order No. 222 dt. 25.01.12 transferring Addl/ Joint CITs/ DITs (175.4 KiB, 859 hits)
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The Hon’ble Shri Justice DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD AND The Hon’ble Shri Justice M.S.SANKLECHA (Court Room No.40 ) |
For admission, final hearing and interlocutory applications therein :(A) All Central and State Direct Tax matters, Writ Petitions, appeals, references and applications, including those challenging vires of an Act or Ordinance. (B) Civil Writ Petitions relating to or arising out of Indirect Tax matters (with connected appeals, where required), including those challenging vires of an Act or Ordinance and those relating to Foreign Trade (Regulation and Development) Act, 1992. (C) Specially assigned PILs (Civil). AND APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS |
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The Hon’ble Shri Justice J.P.DEVADHAR AND The Hon’ble Shri Justice A.R.JOSHI (Court Room No. 31 ) |
Appeals, References and Applications pertaining to all Central and State Indirect Tax matters, for admission, hearing and final disposal and interlocutory applications therein (except writ petitions). AND Chartered Accountants Appeals and References for hearing and final disposal. AND APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS |
Verification of high value transactions (investments/deposits/expenditure) of persons who are not assessed to income tax
Press Release No. 402/92/2006-MC (03 of 2012), dated 18-1-2012
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has directed the Income Tax department to launch a special drive, from 20th January to 20th March, 2012, for verifying high value transactions (investments/deposits/expenditure) from persons who are not assessed to income tax or who have not furnished their PAN while entering into such transactions. In an instruction issued today, the CBDT issued proforma for query letters and responses to be issued to the high value investors/depositors/spenders.
2. Addressees will be required to furnish their PAN if they already have one, or apply immediately for PAN to NSDL/UTIISL if they do not have one. They will also be required to explain the source of the high value investments/deposits/expenditure, and whether these are properly accounted for/explained in the income tax return filed by them. Persons who have not properly accounted for the high value transactions, are required to pay due taxes and file the income tax return within this financial year, i.e., by 31st March, 2012. For furnishing the information called for, visit to the tax office is not necessary. Information can be sent by speed/registered post.
Vide order dated 23.01.2012 passed in pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice Presidents, Shri D K Srivastava, Accountant Member, Income tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh Benches, Chandigarh has been transferred in public interest, in the same capacity to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Rajkot Bench, Rajkot with effect from the forenoon of 6th February 2012.
5 Accountant Members and 8 Judicial Members were administered oath of office on Monday 23.01.2012 in Court Room No 1 in Mumbai by Shri G.E. Veerabhadrappa, Hon’ble President who welcomed them to the ITAT Family. They are
Accountant Members
1. Jason P. Boaz,
2. Tarvinder Singh Kapoor,
3. Anil Chaturvedi,
4. Narendra Kumar Billaiya and
5. Tej Ram Meena
Judicial Members
1. Chandra Mohan Gupta,
2. Saktijit Dey,
3. C.N. Prasad,
4. Amit Shukla,
5. Vikas Awasthy,
6. Satbeer Singh Godara,
7. Kul Bharat
8. Vivek Varma.
We wish the Hon’ble Members good luck in their new postings
Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Mohit S. Shah of Bombay High Court has administered oath to the following new Judges on 23/1/2012.
1. Hon’ble Justice Mr. M.S. Sanklecha
2. Hon’ble Justice Mr. R.D. Dhanuka
3. Hon’ble Justice Mr. S.P. Deshmukh
4. Hon’ble Justice Mr. N.M. Jamdar
5. Hon’ble Justice Smt. Sadhana S. Jadhav
The Hindustan Times has carried the following press report today (23.01.2012)
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Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia has asked the government to take “appropriate action” against at least 20 members of the country’s top income tax tribunal who are on the CBI’s radar for having allegedly ‘outsourced’ writing of judgments to private parties.
Justice Kapadia is understood to have conveyed his displeasure to law minister Salman Khurshid over inaction on the issue since 2008, HT has learnt. Khurshid met the CJI earlier this month.
The meeting was followed up by justice Kapadia writing to Khurshid on January 5, reminding the minister about his communication with the ministry in February last year.
Following justice Kapadia’s letter, Khurshid has directed the legal affairs department “to expedite the matter”.
The CBI has been seeking sanction from the ministry since 2008 to register a preliminary inquiry against at least 20 members of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal posted in different parts of the country.
The agency alleged that these members had outsourced writing of judgments to private parties to favour them.
Khurshid told the Rajya Sabha on January 12, “The matter is under consideration in consultation with the Central Vigilance Commission.”
The law ministry, which has administrative control over the tribunal, recently granted sanction to the CBI to file a chargesheet in a Kolkata court against suspended tribunal member Jugal Kishore and five others. But it hasn’t responded to the agency’s request for a probe against other members pending for more than three years.
Following a tip-off, the CBI in May 2008 recovered R28 lakh from Kishore’s Kolkata residence. A chartered accountancy firm allegedly paid the amount to him.
Subsequently, the CBI seized computers from the firm and scrutiny of discs led to retrieval of 75 documents that showed striking similarities with 69 orders passed by the tribunal’s benches in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar and Guwahati.
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