Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a periodic review meeting with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), here today. The review meeting was attended by the Revenue Secretary; Chairman, CBDT; and all the Members of CBDT.<\/p>\n
the Finance Minister reviewed the following subjects:<\/p>\n
Efforts for increasing taxpayer base
\nPending disciplinary proceeding cases
\nDisposal of applications for condonation of delay and grant of exemptions under certain sections of the Income Tax Act, 1961
\nDuring the review meeting, the Finance Minister was apprised about the impact of the following initiatives:<\/p>\n
Introduction of new data sources in Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) like Dividend and Interest; Securities; Mutual Funds and information from GSTN in recent years has led to 1118% increase in reported information. This has resulted in addition of information of about 3 crore persons.
\nIntroduction of new TDS codes, which have almost doubled from 36 to 65 in last eight years, led to increase in total reported transaction in FY 2021-22 to 144 crore as compared to total reported transaction in FY 2015-16 of 70 crore. This has resulted in increase in number of unique deductees \u2014 almost doubled from 4.8 crore (in F.Y. 2015-16) to 9.2 crore (in F.Y. 2021-22).
\nSmt. Sitharaman was also apprised of the fact that the Personal Income Tax (PIT) to GDP ratio has been steadily increasing from 2.11 in F.Y. 2014-15 to 2.94 in F.Y. 2021-22.<\/p>\n
\nThe Finance Minister also reviewed the pending disciplinary proceeding cases against employees\/officers and observed that administrative and procedural delays should be minimised. Smt. Sitharaman also directed CBDT to take prompt action in finalisation of such proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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