Core committee submitted report to CBDT

It is known that core committee has submitted it's report to CBDT. We are yet to procure copy of the same. Form the site of ITEF Kerala circle it is known that the report of sub committee 1 has been slightly modified in respect of regionwise allocation.
The following table is copied from http://www.itefkerala.com/?p=1754

As per reports, the new allocation of Administrative CsIT is as under:

	Proposed by Sub Committee	Recommended by Core Committee
Ahmedabad	21	22
Bangalore	13	14
Bhopal	11	11
Bhubaneswar	4	4
Chandigarh	19	19
Chennai	20	21
Delhi	23	24
Guwahati	5	5
Hyderabad	13	14
Jaipur	11	10
Kanpur	11	11
Kochi	6	6
Kolkata	24	20
Lucknow	10	8
Mumbai	32	35
Nagpur	3	3
Patna	9	8
Pune	15	15
Source : ITEF Kerala Circle.	250	250

Member (P&V) TO MEET ITEF and ITGOA on cadre review

It is learnt that member (P&V) will hold discussion with ITGOA and ITEF on 16th and 17th January on the report of cadre review implementation submitted by core committee. Hopefully the matter is going to be resolved very soon and entire implementation process is likely to be completed within this financial year.

ITEF secretariat meeting Dtd 13th Jan'14 : Agitation and non cooperation from 21st

ITEF secretariat meeting held on 13th January at New Delhi and decided to go on nationwide agitation against unrealistic post allocation, clear instruction on Parmar issue, regular payment to Daily Paid employees. The call is for mass Dharna on 21st January and non cooperation in search and survey, non submission of statistical reports etc from 22nd January. But it is doubtful, how many of circles will join the agitation as some of them is quiet satisfied with allocation of posts and they oppose any change in this regard. Kerala circle has openly against any such agitation. It is reported that Lucknow, Bihar and Jharkhand are also satisfied with their share of posts and most likely to abstain from any such agitation.
View the minutes of the meeting held on 13th January 2014.

No ITR V to be sent after filing Income Tax returns ONLINE

In what could be good news for lakhs of taxpayers filing their I-T returns online, CBDT is mulling doing away with the mandatory submission of paper verification printout to its processing centre in Bangalore.

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex office to formulate policies for the Income Tax department, was prompted to take this “customer-friendly” step after it was recently informed that lakhs of such paper statements — ITRV — have not reached its Central Processing Centre (CPC) despite people filing their e-returns online.

ITEF Kerala circle satisfied with allocation, opposes any reduction

The difference of opinion among the state units of association is snowballing day by day. While some of the circles opposing the allocation formula, some circles are obviously satisfied with their share of posts and strongly protest any possible reduction due to agitation of some other units.
A resolution in this effect has been unanimously decided by ITEF, Kerala circle and sent a letter to the central leadership. In this letter it is categorically stated that they will not take part in any nationwide agitation if called by the central leadership. Copy of the letter is published below for our viewers.

Another committee to review post allocation ?

According to sources CBDT may constitute another committee to review the proposed allocation of posts by sub committee 1. as per information available with us, F.M. is deeply concerned over the grievance of anomaly by different regions including West Bengal, Mumbai, Bengaluru etc. and ordered to review the proposed allocation with a practical and justified manner. It is also reported that he is against any reduction of post in any region whatsoever. The new committee may be headed by DGIT (HRD).
It may kindly be noted that the news stated above is still to be authenticated by any official sources.
In the mean time JCA, West Bengal has suspended it's "Dharna" programme temporarily for two days. DGIT(HRD) is scheduled to visit Kolkata on 13th January and thereafter after taking stock of the developments, further action plan will be chalked out. 

Clarification on Parmar issue soon

It is learnt that CBDT is working on issuance of clarification about implementation of Parmar judgement. According to sources, the date of communication of vacancy to SSC will be treated as the effective date, irrespective of the vacancy year. If the vacancy is due to earlier year, that has to be ignored. A detailed clarification in this regard is expected soon.
Regarding allocation of posts, no confirmed news is available till date.

Posting of 23 Principal CCITs waiting ACC approval

It is learnt that Names of 23 Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax cleared by the DPC have now gone to the Appointment Committee of Cabinet. Postings will commence after the return of names from the ACC.

How to get Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a United States tax processing number issued by the Internal Revenue Service. It is a nine-digit number. The IRS issues ITINs to individuals who are required to have a taxpayer identification number but who do not have, and are not eligible to obtain, a US Social Security Number (like me since I am an Indian resident).  I am not going into more details since the objective of this post is get an ITIN assigned. I did not find anything substantial while searching in the Internet (Yes! I used both Bing and Google) so thought of writing this to save many hours that I spent in my process.

ITGOA West Bengal in confrontation with central leadership

Unity of ITGOA at stake ?
JCA West Bengal Unit is continuing their agitation against injustice done by the report of sub committee No. 1. Search/survey action is almost in a halt in the absence of non IRS(Direct) employees.  No statistical report is being submitted. New CCIT(CCA) assumed the charge in Kolkata and promised the leadership to take initiative with CBDT and pursue the demand. 
Meanwhile ITGOA West Bengal Unit has sent a letter to Secy Gen, ITGOA and detailed about the injustice and moreover inaction of the central leadership in many issues.
Click here to view the letter dated 03.01.14

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81 ACITs promoted to DCIT

Promotion order from ACIT to DCIT released. 81 ACITs promoted as DCIT in the scale of Rs 15,600-39,000/- (Plus Grade Pay of lks. 6,600/- In Pay Band-3 
View the order

ITGOA's Circular dated 30.12.13 regarding Cadre Review

Simpleincometax wishes very happy new year to all viewers. CBDT is yet to decide on regionwise allocation of posts and instruction on implementation of Parmar case is still awaited. More than seven months have passed since the cabinet approved the cadre restructure proposal of CBDT. Service associations could not play any significant role to expedite the implementation. A large number of employees either retired or going to retire in the near future without getting their deserved promotion. Difference of opinions regarding distribution of additional posts is snowballing among the state units. Some good news is only expected in the coming year.
Meanwhile ITGOA issued a circular on latest developments.
Click here to view the circular.

Principal CCIT : DPC tomorrow (27.12.13)

It is learnt from reliable sources that DPC for the promotion to the post of Pr CCIT is going to take place tomorrow, 27th December at Panaji, Goa.

New Recruitment Rule : Final Version

New recruitment rule has been framed for ITO, ITI, A.O. P.S. etc.
Click here to view the new recruitment rule as proposed.

Report of Sub Committee 1 : Jurisdiction and allocation of posts

We could gather a copy of the report submitted by Sub Committee No. 1 regarding jurisdiction and deployment of manpower.
Click here for the report
(Due to some technical reason, the report was not fully accessible to viewers. Now it is rectified and full report is available with the above link. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted)

Unhappy with post allocation, JCA West Bengal unit starts agitation

After 17 days of submission of sub committee report on post allocation, leaders of JCA, West Bengal Unit realized the injustice made to West Bengal charge in terms of allocation of additional posts. Ironically, two members of JCA was part of the all sub committees and they were expected to attend the meetings and must be aware of the proceedings for the last seven months. Either they did not protest in the proper forum or the central leadership kept them in dark. And the third possibility is they knew everything but kept the general members in dark. Now , when the cat is out of the bag and anticipating the possible anger of the West Bengal member for less number of additional posts, a face saving local agitation programme is chalked out. Let the members think over it, we are reproducing the agitation programme called by JCA West Bengal Unit.

Agitation Programme under the Banner of JCA, WB Unit to protest against unfair cut in posts from WB Region in CRC,2013:
Click here for the letter to CCIT (CCA) from JCA

1)Boycott of Board Members
2)Non-submission of all reports excepting Parliamentary reports
3)Non-participation in Search & Survey operations including recovery & TDS surveys.
4)No disposal of scrutiny cases in December,2013-12-18 
5)Dharna Programme : 
(a)In front of all buildings of Income Tax, WB on 20.12.13 (from 1 pm to 6 pm) 
(b)In front of the o/o the CCIT(CCA), Kolkata, Aayakar Bhawan on 23.12.13(11am to 2 pm) 
(c)In front of the o/o the CCIT(CCA), Kolkata, Aayakar Bhawan on 24.12.13(11am to 2 pm)

Dept. Exam 2013 : Result Published

"The Directorate of Income Tax (IT) has issued the result of Departmental Examination - 2013 for ITIs & ITOs on 18/12/2013. The certified copy shall be made available by the concerned CCIT/CIT (Examination Incharge) only. Before providing certified copy of the result, the concerned CCIT/CIT (Exam. Incharge) are requested to verify the eligibility of Partially Qualified (PQ) candidates w.r.t. the number of Attempts and earlier Subject Exemptions. Similarly only those SC/ST candidates, who have earlier qualified the Departmental Examinations, either under the old pattern or the new pattern with relaxed standards, are eligible for availing Betterment Chance. The date of declaration of result is 18/12/2013 for all purposes."
View the Dept Website for result

Report of sub committee 6 : New Recruitment Rule

Sub committee 6 has submitted report regarding new recruitment rule of ITO, A.O., P.S., ITI, E.A., T.A. MTS etc.
According to report the major change is observed in the recruitment rule of Inspectors. The feeder cadre will be Ex. Assistant, the merged cadre. The promotion quota will be filled in from the seniority list who have cleared the Dept. ITI exam. There will be no separate list of seniority and year of passing as before.
View the Report of Sub Committee 6
Proposed New IRS Recruitment Rule

Scoop News : Region wise allocation of posts - "Nothing official

We could gather some information about region wise allocation of posts in some charges. The following figures suggested by sub committee No. 1 is not final , at least upto this point of time. No official confirmation, neither from association nor from local administration is available. Viewers at their full liberty whether to accept these figures as genuine or not. We can only tell about the figures that it may be close to actual allocation.

	ITO	ITI	EA	TA	NS	MTS
Delhi	202	802	1591	551	172	676
Mumbai	134	491	403	517	81	449
Kolkata	63	230		24		295
Chennai	98	391	458	195	113	447
Vidarbha	25	126	137	12	3	71
Karnataka	91	305	653	169	122	377
A.P	60	195	306	139	48	126
Kerala	41	155	180	113	36	131
Orissa	87	87	112	126	26	23
NER	67	67	96	39	14	61
Bihar	103	136	255	100	57	173
MP & CG	109	201	219	31	64	165
Lucknow	100	120	201	282	58	119
Kanpur	46	45	92	12	44	191
Rajasthan	82	161	307	190	88	144
NWR	105	239	451	147	117	251

(For blank positions - figure not available with us. Same for the absent regions)

 Statutory Warning : "Nothing official about it !!"

CIT to CCIT : Promotion order released

The long awaited promotion order from CIT to CCIT finally released today. A total of 32 CITs promoted to CCIT. The promotion of a few officers will be effective from 01.01.2014. With this order the deployment in new charge consequent upon the promotion has also been notified.
Click here to view the order
Update On 17.12.2013 :One of the officers' promotion and transfer order has been kept in abeyance pending further order.
View the order dated 17.12.2013

CCIT to Pr CCIT : DPC awaited

As many as 26 CCITs, upto 1978 batch are eagerly waiting to be promoted to the apex scale. It is matter of deep concern for many officers who are going to retire shortly, some of them in December itself. As per sources, UPSC to conduct DPC in end of December.

ITEF circular dated 13.12.13 reg cadre review, Parmar case and other matters

At last ITEF broke silence and issued circular regarding recent developments. As per the circular no breakthrough had been possible in the meeting with Chairperson on 09.12.13. The association is going to show demonstration on 18.12.2013 and further agitation programme will be chalked out.
Regarding allocation of posts, the formula suggested by ITEF has been totally ignored by the sub committee.
Regarding Parmar judgement implementation, it was decided to implement the judgement in all cadres.
View the complete circular below  

Cadre restructure and "Parmar Judgement" implementation : Some inside news

Following information is gathered from different sources as no official inputs from either Administration of association is available till date. No claim is being made about the authenticity of these information and every viewer is requested not to take this absolutely genuine. Since this blog is being flooded with queries from viewers, we decided to share whatever we could gather as the genuineness can not be ensured at this point of time.
Core committee is dealing with all reports submitted by the sub committees and a meeting is scheduled with all stakeholders including associations on Monday, 16th Dec. The allocation of posts will be finalized anytime after 16th and before end of this month. All DPC and review DPCs for promotion to take place within 45 days of allocation. The merging of cadres for the feeder cadre of ITI will be done before effecting promotion. Revised recruitment rules will have to be approved by DOPT but for the interim period, an executive order effecting the same likely to be passed.
Regarding N.R. Parmar judgement, it is decided to follow the apex court judgement all over the country in all cadres. The date of requisition of vacancy to  SSC is to be taken as criteria for fixation of seniority for direct recruits.
Regarding regionwise allocation of posts, we could collect the percentage share like :
Mumbai 16%, Delhi (with directorates) 13%, Gujarat 7%, Chennai 7%, Pune 6.5%, Bangalore 8.5%, Chandigarh 8%, Lucknow 3.5%, Kolkata 4.5%, Kanpur 4%
It is once again reminded that the above information could not be verified from any authentic source and the factual position is not final (particularly the share of allocation) and may be changed. 

Very crucial meeting with DGIT(HRD) reg Parmar case today

A very important and crucial meeting of associations with DGIT(HRD) is scheduled today regarding implementation of Parmar judgement. It is learnt that representatives of different CCIT(CCA) are also going to attend the said meeting. The matter is likely to be decided today and it is expected that a uniform policy about fixing of seniority issue between Direct and Promotee employees to be chalked out. Regarding allocation of posts, everybody is tight lipped and it may be assumed that last minute negotiation is going on as the rumor is already in the air about the difference of opinion in the leadership of service association in this regard.  
Everybody is waiting keeping his finger crossed. Updates will be provided as and when available.

Some inside news of 9th Dec meeting - Not authenticated

Any service association has not shared anything about yesterday's meeting with chairperson. Even, they did not say whether the meeting actually took place or not. Still, some inside news is coming out. It is told that the notification will be published within 15 days. Regarding chargewise allocation of additional posts, it is yet to take final shape as the members of ITEF are divided in opinion. The Mumbai lobby of ITEF stressed that the allocation should be based on collection of revenue only. The Kolkata counterpart denied this model and they opined about both collection and workload to be considered. 
The above information is not from any authentic source. This should not be relied upon without verification. Still the information as could be gathered is published here to satisfy the queries of our visitors at least upto a certain extent.
Let's wait for the official details from ITEF/ITGOA.

Quarterly meeting with Chairperson today

Quarterly Review Meeting of ITEF and ITGOA with Chairperson, CBDT is scheduled today. Implementation of cadre review is likely to be discussed in the meeting. It is informed that all sub committees have submitted their report. Another crucial meeting of ITEF & ITGOA with DGIT (HRD) is scheduled on 11.12.2013 to discuss about the implementation of cadre review in the light of Supreme Court judgement in the case of N.R. Parmar. A clear instruction, uniform across  the country, is expected as the outcome of the said meeting.

APAR/ACRs of ACITs asked for DPC for Sr Time Scale

CBDT asked for ACR/APARs of officers of 2009 and earlier batches for promotion to the next scale, Sr Time Scale. A list of 74 officers with deficient APARs annexed with the communication. The completed ACRs to be sent within 13.12.2013 for conduct of DPC.
View the list of ACITs with deficient APAR

Promotion to CCIT soon

Update on 12.12.13 : Promotion order is likely to be issued at any time. The file went for FM's approval on Dec 6 and most probably, the process is complete by now.
It is learnt from sources that promotion order for the post of CCITs is going to be issued within a couple of days. It may be today or tomorrow. The list of 37 CITs eligible for promotion has already been published on 27th of last month.
View the list of CITs being considered for promotion

Implementation of Supreme Court order on Inter-se Seniority: Likely to be finalized on 11th Dec

ITEF and ITGOA participated in a meeting with DGIT(HRD) yesterday regarding implementation of Parmar judgement. Some more inputs in this regard are to be obtained and it was decided to finalize the issue on the next meeting on 11th December 2013. 
Read the ITEF version in this regard :
"On our persistent demand and discussions with the Chairperson and Member (P&V), for withdrawal of the Instructions issued by the CBDT on 15th October, 2013 and issuance of clear instructions to CCAs regarding the manner of implementation to bring about uniformity in the matter in all Charges, a meeting of ITEF and ITGOA representatives were convened by the DGIT (HRD) and other Officials on 3rdDecember, 2013. 
View the CBDT letter dated 15.10.2013 
 In the meeting broad consensus were reached on many of the points to implement the Judgement.  In order to convey a clear cut and uniform instructions to the CCAs, the meeting felt that some more details are to be obtained from various agencies of the Government/sections of CBDT etc. and decided to meet again on 11th December, 2013 to finalaise the issue.  We are hopeful that the matter will be resolved in the said meeting and proper instructions issued thereafter to CCAs to implement the judgement in a uniform manner in all Charges and in all Cadres."