Faceless Appeal Scheme Not Available in Serious Fraud, International Tax Cases
News 18The Income Tax faceless appeal scheme is not available in cases relating to serious fraud, major tax evasion, international tax and those under black money Act and benami property, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. The faceless appeal scheme was launched on September 25 and provides a fully faceless procedure for appeals to Commissioner. However, cases relating to serious frauds, major tax evasion, sensitive and search matters, international tax, black money Act and benami property are not covered under the scheme, it added. Listing out the steps taken by the tax department, the Office of Finance Minister in a series of tweets said in order to make tax compliance more convenient, pre-filled Income tax Return forms have been provided to individual taxpayers.