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Cabinet passes creation of two additional benches of the Authority for Advance Rulings

| | Feb 26, 2015, at 06:10 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Union Cabinet, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval to the creation of two additional benches of the Authority for Advance Rulings (Income Tax), one in New Delhi and one new bench in Mumbai;

It also approved the  creation of two posts of Vice-Chairmen in the Apex scale and four posts of Members (two posts of Revenue Members and two posts of Law Members) in the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG+) and two posts of Secretary at the level of Commissioner of Income Tax/Joint Secretary and one time expenditure of Rs.7.48 crores for establishment of the two additional benches and additional annual recurring expenditure of Rs. 6.61 crores for running these two additional benches.

"The creation of two additional benches of the Authority would dispose of increased number of cases and pendency of cases would be reduced benefitting the tax payer and the Government. Besides, this will operationalise the facility of advance ruling for resident tax payers. The proposed additional Benches of Authority for Advance Rulings (Income Tax) will facilitate the cause of the resident tax payers in obtaining tax clarity in certain situations," said an official statement.
 

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