News: Prime Minister has launched the platform called “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest”.
Facts:
- Aim: To bring transparency in income tax systems and empower taxpayers.
- Features: The main features of the platform are faceless assessment, faceless appeal and taxpayer charter.
- Faceless Assessment: It aims to eliminate the interface between the taxpayer and the income tax department.
- There will be no need for the taxpayer to visit the income tax office or the officer.
- The selection of a taxpayer is possible through systems using analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
- The system abolishes territorial jurisdiction.A taxpayer may belong to a particular city but the assessment order, review and the finalisation will take place in different cities.
- Faceless Appeal: Under the system, appeals will be randomly allotted to any officer in the country.The identity of the officer deciding the appeal will remain unknown.
- The taxpayer will also not be required to visit the income tax office or the officer and the appellate decision will be team-based and reviewed.
- Taxpayer Charter: This outlines the rights and responsibilities of both tax officers and taxpayers.
