Visible and apparent instead of ceremonial progress in arrear demand: CBDT Member
THE CBDT Member, Dr. Parvinder Sohi Behuria in a letter addressed to the Chief Commissioners has exhorted them to manage arrears efficiently.
The Member told the Chief Commissioners,
As the new financial year has begun and the department is entrusted with new targets and goals, your focused attention is sought for a pro-active approach towards recovery of arrear demand this year.
The demand uploaded by AOs on the CPC Portal together with demand in IRLA is way short of the total demand reported in CAP-I. And the demands uploaded are sometimes incorrect or non-existent leading to grievances and causing aberrations in projection of total collection figures. A structured and systematic approach is required to identify the causes of mounting arrear demand and develop a strategy to address these reasons in a timeframe for implementation. The responses involve a combination of measures to achieve stiff targets of arrear demand recovery.
Your aim should be to crystalize the arrear demand at realistic level after resolving the grievances in a transparent manner. The progress must be visible and apparent instead of being ceremonial.
It is important to keep in mind that once Income Tax Department is facing a stiff target it has to prevent a further deterioration in demand position. Sophisticated
Revenue I.T. Systems have been developed and refined to assist us in the timely identification of cases for direct intervention relating to recovery of arrear demand.
Therefore, early and proactive measures by the Department are imperative.
Finally, I wish to assert that accurately identifying the specific action points will give Income Tax Department an edge for the recovery of arrear demand.
CBDT F. No. I/164/DIT(R)/Demand Management/DOMS/2013-14, Dated April 29 2013