Cadre Review and Restructuring process initiated

Much awaited cadre review and restructuring process in Income Tax Dept. initiated by CBDT.  A 15 member committee with representatives of three recognized service associations is formed to submit a detailed report for reorganization of this department.
A time frame of three months has been set for this exercise but as per the past experience, it usually takes at least two years to finalize the report for consideration in different levels and  finally gets through cabinet approval.
Click here for details

JCA revives agitation : No search and survey from December

JCA revived it's routine agitation once again.  JCA calls for non participation of search and survey (including TDS, Inspection and Recovery) operations to protest against apathy of CBDT, on 5 point charter of demand.
This call will be effective from 1st December 2018.

Inspectors' and ITO's Exam 2018 : Result published

Click here for Result of Departmental Examination-2018 for ITIs

Click here for Result of Departmental Examination-2018 for ITOs

Ministerial Examination 2018 : Grace Mark may be awarded in Paper IV

Amid protest from every corner throughout the country, Department finally agreed to consider the issue before publication of the result of Ministerial Examination 2018. It may be recalled that in the last examination, Question No 1 (50 Marks and a mandatory question) was dramatically changed from the conventional and exactly copied from ICAI website and was totally out of syllabus and very difficult in the level of the examinees.
Now the Directorate asked all CCIT(CCA)s to analysis pass percentage of this year with comparison to four previous years and the compiled data is to be used to consider awarding grace marks in this paper.

Laptop for Inspectors : CBDT working on it

In a welcome move, CBDT is considering to provide laptop to all Inspectors of the Department. Inspectors who have to carry out regular outdoor duties and perform search and survey operations, should have been provided laptop earlier as an essential tool for their work. But the demand has been ignored till now.
Now CBDT is actively considering to provide laptops to them at the cost of Rs 45 thousand each. Directorate of Infrastructure recently asked DG System to provide technical specification and compatibility with Dept. software within the monetary limit prescribed. It also asked DG (HRD) to provide the working strength of Inspectors for the above mentioned purpose.
Click here for details

Details of anomaly committee meeting on 4th Oct reg. upgradation of pay

Recently a whatsapp message has become viral in different groups regarding granting of enhanced Grade Pay to Inspectors and ITOs of the department. The message is reproduced below.
"... the 3rd Meeting of Departmental Anomaly  Committee which held on 4.10.2018 decided to recommend to increase the Grade Pay of Inspectors of Income Tax/Central Excise  from Rs.4600/- to Rs.4800 at par with CBI Inspectors and Head Havildar Grade Pay from Rs.1900/- to Rs.2000/- in Central Exice. It was also decided to revisit the demand of increase of Tax Assistants Grade Pay from Rs.2400/- to Rs.2800/- by both CBDT and CBEC. The Tax Assistants Pay Anamoly will be decided in the next Meeting. Now the Inspectors pay matter will go to department of expenditure for notification. If it is  notified the Grade Pay of ITO will also be revised from Rs Rs.4800/- to Rs.5400/- Our long pending demand of pay at par CBI will be settled. It is a great achievement..."

Simpleincometax inquired into the matter and procured a copy of the minutes of the said anomaly committee meeting held on 4th October 2018. The outcome of the meeting is reproduced below along with the minutes.

Laptop for ITO and above, nothing for others !

CBDT approved and issued order to procure more than 12,000 laptops for the officers starting from ITO and above under the 1% incentive scheme. As earlier, AO and P.S. category of officers are excluded again.
The laptops will be procured by Pr CCIT (CCA)s for the region through GeM.
There will be five varieties of laptops to be chosen by the respective user and each laptop costs nearly 1 Lac.
Though this is being procured and distributed from the fund of 1% incentive scheme, nothing is provided for Group C officials and A.O. and P.S. As the incentive is for achieving revenue target, there is significant role of all employees in the department but once again they are deprived of. The JCA, mostly dominated by ITGOA members will remain silent in this issue as earlier occasion.
Are the ITEF leaders listening ?
Click here for the procurement order.

18 posts diverted from West Bengal to Surat

As many as 18 posts diverted from West Bengal to Surat for the newly created ITAT Bench there. JCA West Bengal Unit staged protest in this regard earlier including observing one day's cease work but the authority did not pay heed to their demand and diverted those posts with immediate effect. It may be mentioned that in the last cadre restructuring West Bengal region did not get adequate number of new posts.

Latest DOE order to benefit promotees

On 28th September 2018, Dept. of Expenditure issued a much waited order regarding fixation of pay for persons in the posts where both DR and Promotees compose the cadre. As per the sixth CPC, the DRs appointed on or after 01.01.2006 were fixed as per the rule and many times it was much higher than promotees in that particular scale. For example, in the case of Direct Recruited Inspectors pay had been fixed as Rs. 17540 as entry pay. If a promotee, senior to him was drawing lesser pay, he had to take the course of anomaly with a particular person in this respect to step up his pay.
As per the recent order, the promotees will get that minimum entry pay as on 01.01.2006 or subsequently from the date of his promotion even if no Direct Recruit has has joined in that post after him.
Click here for the O.M. dated 28.09.2018

Parmar issue is live again, seniority may be refixed afresh !

Once again the Parmar issue has come into focus ! Seniority between DR and Promotees are again in question. This time CBIC (Formerly CBEC) issued a direction regarding fixation of inter-se seniority. In this direction, it is clearly mentioned that Supreme Court judgement in the Parmar case has to be implemented with effect from the date of judgement, i e 27.11.2012.
View the CBIC Order
View the Supreme Court Judgement on N R Parmar
It may be recalled that after the N.R. Parmar judgement, DOPT issued an O.M. dated 4.3.2014 where it clearly instructed to implement the Apex Court decision with effect from 27.11.2012 and already settled seniority prior to that date need not be reopened.
DOPT O.M. dated 4.3.2014
But in Income Tax Department all pending seniority lists where there is a component of Direct Recruit exists, were reopened and refixed, which is contravention to the Supreme Court judgement , as well as DOPT instruction dated 04.03.2014. CBDT has done this in consideration of DOPT clarification issued to Income Tax Department where it was specifically confirmed to revisit the entire issue of seniority in this Dept.
View the DOPT clarification to Income Tax Dept
Anyway the matter is live again after the recent circular from CBIC !

D.A. hiked by 2% from 1st July 2018

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modihas approved to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2018 representing an increase of 2% over the existing rate of 7% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Deamess Relief would be Rs.6112.20 crore per annum and Rs.4074.80 crore in the financial year 2018-19 (for a period of 08 months from July, 2018 to February, 2019).

This will benefit about 48.41 lakh Central Government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.

ITO to Adhoc ACIT : Promotion Order released

As many as 118 ITOs promoted to the grade of ACIT on adhoc basis. 
Click here for the order

This promotion has been granted as per vacancy year 2017-18. On promotion, the new ACITs will assume charge on situ basis under the present Pr CCIT (CCA) charge, till further placement.
Congratulation to the newly promoted ACITs.

ITO to ACIT promotion anytime soon

It is gathered that adhoc promotion to the grade of ACIT will be released soon. The DPC has been convened last week and after due formalities, the order is expected very soon.

JCA to suspend ongoing agitation

Update : As expected, JCA suspended the ongoing agitation till 17.08.2018. Click here for JCA Circular
JCA likely to withdraw the ongoing agitation or at least temporarily suspend it. A meeting with Member (Admin), CBDT with JCA leadership held yesterday and the authority conveys positive response in most of the issues.
Click here for Gist of discussion

ITGOA and ITEF are currently discussing to withdraw the non cooperation movement. The announcement may reach the members anytime soon. So let us be prepared with all pending reports !

<

Income Tax Day to be observed as "Black Day" by employees

Income Tax Day to be celebrated throughout the country on 24th July. The Joint Council of Action of employees consisting of promotee officers and employees, which figures nearly 97% of the employees decided to boycott the celebration in protest of their long outstanding demands regarding promotion, recruitment and other issues. Moreover they also appealed the members to observe the day as "Black Day" by wearing black badges.

Ad hoc promotion to the the post of ACITs extended

CBDT extended Ad-hoc promotion of ACITs of 2014-15 and 2015-16 batch for one more year. The extension of these ad-hoc promotion will valid upto 21.07.2019

Order No. 109 of 2018 [ Extension of Ad-hoc Promotion of 2015-16 Batch]
Order No. 110 of 2018 [ Extension of Ad-hoc Promotion of 2014-15 Batch (Part)]

But it has been very disappointing for the adhoc promotions down the line. All consequential promotions has been made ad hoc basis and there is no move to regularize them. ITGOA and ITEF is also silent in this matter. many of the adhoc promotees are retiring without any promotional benefit in retirement calculation and also being humiliated. It is the high time that either the associations of the administration take this matter seriously and resolve the issue at the earliest.

Departmental Mobile Connection "Tarang" updated

Salient features of improvement of Project Tarang :

10,000 more landline / broadband connection
Broadband speed to be upgraded from 512 kbps to 8MBPS upto 35 GB download.
Om all mobile SIMs download of 2 GB per day instead of present 1 GB per month.
500 free SMS to other service provider per month.
Unlimited calls to other service provider in home circle as well as free outgoing in roaming.
Click here for details

Dept. Examination 2018 : Notification issued

Dept. Exam for Ministerial Staff and ITO/ITI for the year 2018 will commence in the month of July this year. Notification in this regard issued by the Department yesterday in this regard.

Time Table for Ministerial Exam 2018


31.07.2018  Paper I  Precis and Drafting  10.30 to 12.30
                    Paper II  Office Procedure (GFR,FR, SR etc.) (With                                     Books) 2.30 to 4.30
01.08.2018  Paper III  Office Procedure (Income Tax) (Without                                       Books) 10.30 to 1.00
                    Paper V  Hindi Test (Written) 2.00 to 3.00 
                              Reading and conversation 3.00 to 3.30
02.08. 2018  Paper IV  Practical Test 10.30 to 1.30

View the Notification for Ministerial Staff Exam 2018

ITOs Exam 2018 will start from 23.07.2018 and end on 30.07.2018 in the first session (from 10.30 onwards)

ITIs Exam 2018 will start from 23.07.2018 and end on 27.07.2018 in the second session (from 2.30 0nwards)

View the notification of ITO / ITI Exam 2018 with detailed Exam Routine 

JCA, WB & Sikkim region agitates against transfer policy, authority called police

In an unprecedented move by local administration, police have been called in during an agitation programme of JCA, West Bengal and Sikkim.

The members were agitation against the proposed changes in transfer/posting policy of ITOs in this region. The prevailing policy of posting ITOs in a specific charge has been proposed to be done away with from current year AGT. In stead of this, the ITOs to be posted in a particular Pr CIT charge who will eventually post the ITOs in charge under his jurisdiction.
Association opposed this and meeting with adminsitration could not yield any fruitful conclusion and JCA went into warpath. In the agitation programme, started with a day long dharna in front of the chamber of Pr CCIT, WB & Sikkim yesterday, authority called police to intervene. Police personnel reached Aayakar Bhawan but did not intervene but remained as mute spectator. JCA considered the move highly objectionable and decided to continue the agitation with more intensity.
It may be mentioned that throughout India, there is no such uniform transfer policy and it is decided region wise in consultation with local association.
View the letter written to Pr CCIT by JCA in this regard
This agitation and move of local administration has called the attention of media and report in this regard has been published in local media with importance. 

ACIT/DCIT All India Transfer Order

AGT : 2018
All India transfer order of ACIT/DCIT, other that newly promoted ACITs released yesterday.
View the order

AGT 2018 : All India transfer order for newly promoted ACITs released

All India transfer order for 228 newly promoted ACITs released yesterday.
View the transfer order

Transfer order of other ACIT/DCIT is likely to be issued today. Sources confirmed that order has been signed already and going to be uploaded soon.

Revised Result of Departmental Examinaitons-2017 for ITIs

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITI BETTERMENT NEW PATTERN 2017

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITI BETTERMENT OLD 2017

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITI NORMAL OF NEW PATTERN 2017

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITI PARTIALLY QUALIFIED 2017

Revised Result of Departmental Examinations-2017 for ITOs

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITO BETTERMENT NEW PATTERN 2017

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITO BETTERMENT OLD PATTERN 2017

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITO NORMAL OF NEW PATTERN 2017

➢ REVISED RESULT OF ITO PARTIALLY QUALIFIED 2017

Dress code prescribed for Taxmen in the Capital

Delhi Income Tax office (Office of the Principal Chief Commissioner) directed it's employees to wear formal dress in the office. Any casual or party attire should strictly be avoided while on duty.

 Any staff member who does not meet the attire, will be subject to corrective action and may be asked to leave the premises to change clothing.

Generate your own pay slip through PFMS

Any employee can generate his/her pay slip from PFMS with effect from March 2018.
Log in to https://pfms.nic.in
User Id : PAN of the employee
P/W : Date of birth in ddmmyyyy format
A change of password in mandatory after first time log in.
(New password shoud be alphanumeric with one special character.
After changing password log in again with new password.
Click on Employees Info. System- Click on Go to EIS-Go to Pay Realted-Clickon View Pay Slip-Select Pay Year and Pay Month-Click on View Pay Slip
Pay slip can be downloaded or print out may be obtained.

As many as 305 ACITs promoted to DCIT

In the fag end of the financial year, 305 ACITs promoted to DCIT with effect from 01.04.2018 or the date of assumption of charge, whichever is later.
Click here for the promotion order

Income Tax offices to remain open this weekend

To facilitate filing of Income Tax returns and completion of pending departmental works, all Income Tax offices throughout the country shall remain open on 29th , 30th and 31st March 2018. CBDT issued order u/s 119(1) of the Income Tax Act 1961.
It may be mentioned that 29th and 30th March was declared as closed holiday on account of Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday. 31st March is also a holiday as saturday.
Click here for the order

All Zonal Account office to remain open on 29, 30 and 31st March

All ZAO offices to remain open on 29, 30 and 31st March 2018.
It was informed earlier that bills may be uploaded in PFMS till 27th March 2018 as of now.
Click here for the communication.

Laptop for ITOs and above soon

As per sources, the proposal for laptop for ITOs and above has been cleared by IFU and going to materialize very soon. 
As per information available, the procurement is likely to be zonewise instead of centralized purchase as earlier.
The A.O. and P.S cadre is again going to be left outside of the laptop entitlement.
More details are awaited.

All india seniority list of ITOs published

Click here for the seniority list

ITGOA to continue it's stand - not to appear in Examination at the end of training of newly promoted ITOs

"The issue of holding examination at the end of training of newly promoted ITOs and linking the same with the field posting was discussed in the Secretariat meeting held on 16.02.2018. In this connection, the meeting also took note of the decision taken in the JCA and earlier decision as communicated through its Circular dated 24.07.2017. The Central JCA vide aforesaid Circular intimated that in view of various Court orders staying the impugned Instruction dated 28‐02‐2017 its members all over the Country, who were/ would be participating in the Orientation Course for the newly promoted ITOs, would not appear in the said examinations at the end of the Course. The Secretariat meeting held on 16.02.2018, after discussion is of the opinion that since the Board has not withdrawn its impugned Instruction dated 28.02.2018, hence to continue with the decision of the JCA communicated vide Circular dated 24.07.2017 i.e. not to appear in the examination at the end of Orientation Course this year also. A copy of the JCA Circular dated 24.07.2017 is also enclosed herewith for ready reference."
Click here for the circular and details

Promotion to the cadre of ACIT for the R.Y. 2017-18 - reg

The Chairman,
 Central Board of Direct Taxes, 
North Block, 
New Delhi.
 Sir, 
Sub:- Promotion to the cadre of ACIT for the R.Y. 2017-18 – regarding
This has with reference to the above referred subject; we would like to convey our sincere thanks to your honour and also to the Member (Admn), CBDT, New Delhi for taking efforts for holding the DPC for promotion to the cadre of ACIT for the R.Y. 2017- 18 by 31.03.2018. It is appreciable that under your leadership steps have been initiated to promote the long awaited deserving officers, who are stagnating for more than 13/14 years in the cadre of Income Tax Officer despite having residency period of only 3 years as per the recruitment rules. In this connection and to speed up the process of DPC as well as to facilitate early promotion, we have contacted all our units to remove the deficiencies of APAR immediately. We would therefore, like to request you kindly to issue necessary direction to the concerned administrative wing to finalise the vacancy position, eligibility list etc. on the basis of the details as collected by us from all the charges. The number of vacancies reported to UPSC for the direct recruitment is 180 for the R.Y. 2017-18. Considering high stagnation in the ITO cadre, we request for maximum possible promotions in the R.Y. 2017-18. We have also collected vacancy position in the cadre of DCIT/ACIT as on 19.01.2018 (region wise), which were 321 as per attached Annexure. We are sure that the same will facilitate early completion of the process for holding the DPC for promotion to the post of ACIT against the R.Y. 2017-18 and the much desired promotion. 
 Thanking you, 
 Yours sincerely, 
 (Amitava Dey) 
Secretary General, ITGOA
Date: 23rd February.2018 
Source : ITGOA