To assist taxpayers, a limited call center service with two agents has been established at ITD-CPC, Bangalore. Taxpayer queries on status of ITR-V receipt at CPC, Bangalore will be answered on 080-22546500 and on toll Free no. 1800-425- 2229 between 8:00 AM to 8 PM. The service will be available in English, Hindi and Kannada.

One should not keep any unaccounted or undisclosed money, property or income popularly known as black money. If such a disclosure is made before its detection by the Income Tax Department, the chances of being trapped in a tax raid are minimized. A tax raid may also be conducted against a person in possession of undisclosed income or property not belonging to him but to someone else. It is therefore important for a person who is in possession or in custody of someone else’s jewellery or other valuables, etc. to ensure that they are duly accounted for.

An Income Tax Commissioner was Wednesday directed by the Delhi High Court to get himself psychologically assessed for making “lewd” and “scurrilous” statements against female colleagues despite previous warnings.

The income tax department has asked all deductors to register their TAN on NSDL web site. Once registered, the deductors will be provided User ID and password for authenticated access. Benefit of registration- The access will result in the following benefits to the deductors. View of status of all statements filed;

A facility to register TAN online is available on the TIN website (www.tin-nsdl. com). The Income Tax Department requires all deductors to register their TANs online. Authenticated access (through user ID and password) will be provided to registered deductors. Registration is free. An acknowledgment number will be displayed on successful registration. This acknowledgment number is to be kept securely. In future user id / password will be provided to the deductors who have successfully registered.

Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric identifier, issued by Income Tax Department. Each assessee (e.g. individual, firm, company etc.) is issued a unique PAN.

The outsourcing of infotech functions by the Income Tax (IT) Department has emerged after extensive discussions, rigorous evaluation and comprehensive examination by various authorities. Till now no instance has come to light of involvement of Vendor Personnel of Service Providers of Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) and E-filing in data leak and refund frauds.

1. What is TAN? TAN or Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number is a 10 digit alpha numeric number required to be obtained by all persons who are responsible for deducting or collecting tax. It is compulsory to quote TAN in TDS/TCS return (including any e-TDS/TCS return), any TDS/TCS payment challan and TDS/TCS certificates. 2. Who must apply for TAN? -All those persons who are required to deduct tax at source or collect tax at source on behalf of Income Tax Department are required to apply for and obtain TAN.

The consolidated annual tax statement in Form 26AS is now available to PAN holders. The endeavour is to streamline and synchronise the tax paid/deposited under each PAN and identify and resolve discrepancies, if any, at an early stage. Discrepancies could arise due to reasons like incorrectly quoted PAN/non-filing of TDS returns/non-deposit/lower deposit of taxes by the deductor, and can be identified and resolved at an early stage.Income tax department has put in place a facility to enable taxpayers to view their tax credits online or through the internet.

The Income Tax Department today said that tax returns filed by senior citizens above 60 years and small taxpayers with gross total income of less than Rs 10 lakh will not be scrutinised in a routine manner. “It has been decided that during the financial year 2011-12, cases of senior citizens and small taxpayers, filing income-tax returns in ITR-1 and ITR-2 will be subjected to scrutiny only where the Income Tax department is in possession of credible information,”Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement.