Tax department is on a spree to ensure more and more number of people and taxpayers in the country use the PAN card
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New Delhi: Aimed to reduce lengthy proceedings and time taken in litigation, the Income Tax (I-T) department has activated a PAN-based online system which enables the taxman to access cases in their jurisdiction on a click, amongst a building database of over five lakh appeals and 1.50 lakh judgements.
The new facility is part of the National Judicial Reference System (NJRS), an electronic repository of cases under the direct taxes category or income tax pending in legal forums like the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Authority for Advanced Ruling (AAR), various High Courts and the Supreme Court.
“A new link has been activated recently in the NJRS which enables the Assessing Officer (AO) and his superiors to view appeals pertaining to their jurisdiction based on the Permanent Account Number (PAN).
It is essential that the PAN number for each case is fed in the appeal to allow the system help the taxman. “The new measure will drastically cut down time in appeal and litigation management in the department,” a senior official said.
The tax department is on a spree to ensure more and more number of people and taxpayers in the country use the PAN card. It has recently launched an application which uses PAN to track all the transactions and financial records of an individual and entity across the country.
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( Source : PTI )
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