New Delhi: The income-tax department will soon issue email notices to which an assessee can respond, doing away with the need for a physical interface with tax officials.
“We have been thinking how can we make life easier for taxpayers, especially those in the middle and slightly higher tax bracket. We are thinking that when a notice is issued in an assessment or scrutiny case, the taxpayer can send an e-response. We are trying to resolve some security issues now, after which it can be implemented,” CBDT chairperson Anita Kapur said.
The I-T department has been under pressure to reduce harassment of taxpayers. “The taxpayer can send documents over email, scan them, upload them and it’s over. It (scrutiny session) should be over and shouldn’t go beyond that... This will be a sea change in our tax administration,” Ms Kapur said.
