rollout of the goods and services tax +identify tax evaders +NEW DELHI: In one of the biggest reshuffles of income tax commissioners so far, the Central Board of Direct Taxes CBDT ) has transferred 245 commissioners across the country. With the, the department is hopeful of adding a significant number of taxpayers and improve the tax to GDP ratio.Chandra, in his communication to officers in the rank of principal chief commissioners, told them to maximise efforts to widen the tax base during the current financial year. "Widening of the tax base remains one of the important policy objectives of CBDT," he said, adding that this was possible in view of increase in economic activity both in the organised as well as unorganised sector.The CBDT has deployed tools to. "Apart from centrally disseminated data, local intelligence, inputs from market associations, trade bodies and professionals may be utilised for identification of non-filers," Chandra said in his directive. As a strategy, I-T regional heads have been asked to conduct awareness meetings and outreach programmes to encourage voluntary compliance, particularly in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

Source: Times of India July 16, 2017 21:49 UTC