Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 – Instructions to subordinate authorities – Instructions regarding income limits for assigning cases to Deputy Commissioners/Assistant Commissioners/ITOs.
INSTRUCTION NO. 1/2011 [F. NO. 187/12/2010-IT(A-I)], DATED 31-1-2011
References have been received by the Board from a large number of taxpayers, especially from mofussil areas, that the existing monetary limits for assigning cases to ITOs and DCs/ACs is causing hardship to the taxpayers, as it results in transfer of their cases to a DC/AC who is located in a different station, which increases their cost of compliance. The Board had considered the matter and is of the opinion that the existing limits need to be revised to remove the abovementioned hardship.
An increase in the monetary limits is also considered desirable in view of the increase in the scale of trade and industry since 2001, when the present income limits were introduced. It has therefore been decided to increase the monetary limits as under:
| Income Declared (Mofussil | Income Declared | |||
| areas) | (Metro cities) | |||
| ITOs | ACs/DCs | ITOs | DCs/ACs | |
| Corporate returns | Upto Rs. 20 lacs | Above Rs. 20 lacs | Upto Rs. 30 lacs | Above Rs. 30 lacs |
| Non-corporate returns | Upto Rs. 15 lacs | Above Rs. 15 lacs | Upto Rs. 20 lacs | Above Rs. 20 lacs |
Metro charges for the purpose of above instructions shall be Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.
The above instructions are issued in supersession of the earlier instructions and shall be applicable with effect from 1-4-2011.
