The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is thinking of changing the official designations in the income tax department to make the roles more precise within people and create a significantly clearer image of the department.
The offered restructuring concentrates on revising the nomenclature of positions like the commissioner of income tax (CIT) and principal commissioner of income tax. The objective is to effectively align the titles with the officials’ roles, improving internal clarity and relatability with external stakeholders.
A committee was designated to analyze the organizational structure of the CBDT precisely the allocation of the roles in distinct divisions, as per the senior government official.
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The report of the committee has been furnished recently recommending distinct amendments to how the designations are made to properly reflect the actual roles of the related officials.
Modification in Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Titles
The officials having titles like the commissioner of income tax (CIT) are engaged in specialized chores under the CBDT. The committee proposed that they be titled commissioners, as various officials manage the policy and technical aspects instead of the direct tax-related work. For example, a CIT who is within the technical and policy work might be renamed commissioner (each and policy).
The income tax officials were been asked to review the operations and divisional structure of the CBDT. It is been suggested by the report that rebranding roles for those working on policy instead of the tax assessment to titles that show their major obligations, senior government officials mentioned. Commissioners of Income Tax (CIT) within the CBDT are not been engaged in income tax matters so we offered they be designated as commissioners.
Redefining Functions in Media and Technical Policy
Redundancies in some designations are been discovered by the committee. For instance, the officials managing the media responsibilities are said to be CIT (Media & Tech Policy), but the officials do not oversee any technology policy work. As per the official, it was recommended by the committee that the CIT for Media & Tech Policy be renamed commissioner (media), as this role does not secure any technical policy oversight.
Changing the title of Officers on Special Duty (OSD) on the CBDT board has been proposed by the committee.
Condonation of Delay Function Reanalyzed
Because of the portion of restructuring, responsibility for the condonation of delay was reviewed by the committee which is the significant process that permits the assessees to validate their income tax return (ITR) or file the same post-due date, given that there is a true reason for the delay. It was seen by the committee which division or designation is good to manage such requests, objecting to optimizing the operations within the CBDT for these matters.
