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The Income Tax Department has recently rolled out comprehensive guidelines aimed at ensuring complete transparency in routine tasks, such as sending out income tax scrutiny notices. These guidelines explain to taxpayers why their income tax return (ITR) has been selected for a more detailed examination (scrutiny).
The Income Tax Department recently highlighted a Chartered Accountant’s post on X regarding the working of the current income tax scrutiny process. The Income Tax Department stated that the post by the CA highlights the transparency and accountability measures in place, such as selection of only a minuscule percentage of cases for scrutiny, DIN-based verifiable notices, the faceless assessment system, ample opportunity for taxpayers to present their cases, and taxpayer safeguards in the form of High-Pitched Assessment Committees etc.
In a major compliance drive, the Income Tax Department has selected around 1.65 lakh cases for scrutiny for assessment year 2025, ahead of the June 30 deadline — the last date to issue notices for ITRs filed in FY 2024–25.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), earlier this month, issued a notification on the process of scrutiny of income tax returns (ITR) of taxpayers.