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Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) has disseminated high-risk non-filer cases for Assessment Years (AY) 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 under the Risk Management Strategy (RMS) Cycle 5. These cases, identified based on parameters approved by the Board, are visible to Assessing Officers on the Insight Portal under the case type “RMS – Non filing of Return PAN cases.” Officers can access taxpayer profiles, including return history, financial ratios, assets, and third-party data, to assess compliance risks. Case management functionalities include marking cases as untraceable, non-responsive, or reassigning them. Officers can also initiate proceedings under Section 148A/148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, where applicable. Further actions should align with relevant CBDT notifications and guidelines. Technical support is available via the Insight helpdesk.

Insight Instruction No. 83
Only for Departmental Users

Directorate of Income Tax (Systems),
ARA Centre, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension,
New Delhi – 110055

Dated: 28.02.2025

F. No. DGIT(S)-2/ADG(S)-2/RMS Cycle 5/583/2024-25/1102

To,
All Principal Chief Commissioner(s) of Income Tax/CCsIT
All Principal Director General(s) of Income Tax /DGsIT
All Principal Commissioner(s) of Income Tax /CsIT/CsIT(Admin & TPS)/CsIT (TDS)
All Principal Director(s) of Income Tax/DsIT

Sir/Madam,

Sub Dissemination of certain High Risk Non-filer cases pertaining to the AY 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 on Insight Portal selected under Risk Management Strategy (RMS) Cycle 5 reg.

Kind reference is invited to the above subject.

2. A taxpayer who is having income above the prescribed limit or fulfils any other condition mentioned in section 139 of the Act is required to file return of income. Non-filers with potential tax liabilities are identified by analysing information received under, SFT Data, TDS/TCS Statement, Import Export Data etc. and overall taxpayer profile based on the information available in the database.

3. RMS Cycle – 5 for non-filer category of cases has been executed for AY 2019-20, 2020­21 and 2021-22 on the basis of rules/parameters approved by the Board under RMS (Risk Management Strategy) for identifying High Risk Non-filer cases with potential tax liabilities.

4. In respect of above, High-Risk Non-filer cases for relevant assessment year(s) as approved by the Board have been made visible to the Assessing Officers (the Users) on Verification module of the Insight Portal with following case type – ‘RMS – Non filing of Return PAN cases’. The cases can be accessed on INSIGHT portal using following path –

Insight Portal → Verification → Taxpayer → Verification → Case type → RMS Non filing of Return PAN cases

For detailed description of case view and underlying information, the Users may refer to the Annexure “A” enclosed.

5. Underlying information including various third-party data/information related to PAN of assigned cases may also be accessed on Profile Views of Insight Portal. Profile Views shows various information related to taxpayer including:

a. Comparative ITR information under Return Profile (TRP)

b. Comparative key values, financial ratios etc. under Financial Profile (TFP)

c. Details of various address, email, mobile numbers under Master Profile (TMP)

d. List of accounts, immovable assets etc under Asset Details (TAD)

e. List of key persons, shareholders etc under Relationship (TRL)

f. Third Party Information, Aggregated TDS Payments, Aggregated GST Transactions, and other information under Taxpayer Annual Summary (TAS)

6. Following activities are available on Case Detail screen which can be accessed by clicking Initiate Activity drop down button:

a. Mark case as untraceable: This generic functionality allows User to mark such cases where the communications are not getting delivered to the taxpayer as untraceable for feedback purpose.

b. Mark case as Non-Responsive: The User can mark such cases where the communications are getting delivered to the taxpayer but the taxpayer is not responding to the queries sent on Compliance Portal through this functionality.

c. Enter Comments: The User can record remarks at the case level.

d. Case Reassignment: The User can select multiple cases and re-assign/ transfer them.

e. No Return Required: In Non-filing of Return (NMS)/RMS cases, the User can mark a case as ‘No Return Required’, if the User comes to this conclusion post assessment of response submitted by the taxpayer.

f. Initiate Proceedings u/s 148A/148: The User may use this particular functionality for initiating proceedings related to issuance of notice u/s 148A for cases under RMS.

7. Further, necessary action u/s 148A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in respect of the above disseminated cases for AY 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 under RMS Cycle-5 shall be taken after taking into account all relevant applicable provisions of the Act.

8. The Assessing Officers may also further refer to relevant Notifications/Instructions/Circulars/S.O.Ps for cases disseminated under Risk Management System issued by the CBDT from time to time.

9. In case of any technical difficulty, the Users may immediately contact OR write to Insight helpdesk. (Helpdesk number – 1800 103 4216, Email id: helpdesk@insight.gov.in).

Yours faithfully,

(Nikhil Varma)
Addl. Director General (Systems)-2

Copy to:

1. PPS to the Chairman, Member (S&FS), Member (TPS), Member(L), Member (A&J), Member (Adm.) & Member (lT & Rev.), CBDT, DGIT(Systems), Delhi and DGIT(Systems), Bengaluru for information.

2. Nodal officer of ITBA, Insight i-Library and its officers online website.

(Nikhil Varma)
Addl. Director General (Systems)-2

Annexure – ‘A’

Step by Step Screen shots

1. The list of RMS cases assigned to the User can be accessed as under

a) Login to Insight Portal (https://insight.gov.in).

b) Select Verification Tab available under Taxpayer Verification.

Step by Step Screen shots

c) List of cases assigned to the User will be displayed to the User under Verification Summary

User under Verification Summary

2. User needs to click on count displayed under case status “Under Verification” will navigate User to Case List View.

“Under Verification” will navigate User to Case List View

3. User needs to click on View Detail Hyperlink to navigate to Case Detail View

4. User needs to click on select activity to select Case Level activities

select activity to select Case Level activities

5. Following Activities will be applicable to the Case

a. No Action Required

b. Mark case as untraceable

c. Mark case as non-responsive

d. Enter Comments

e. Initiate proceeding u/s 148A/148

f. Reassign Case

6. User will be able to click on “View Detail” hyperlink DISPLAYED AGAINST EACH Verification
Issue to navigate to “Verification Issue Detail” screen.

7. TSN will be hyperlink which will navigate User to pop up view of Information details

will navigate User to pop up view of Information details

will navigate User to pop up view of Information details images1

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