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Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman & Indirect Tax Ombudsman to be abolished: Cabinet

Updated: Feb 07, 2019 07:12:48am
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Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman & Indirect Tax Ombudsman to be abolished: Cabinet

New Delhi, Feb 7 (KNN) The Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman will be abolished as the public prefer more the alternative complaint redressal mechanisms over the Ombudsman.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal on Wednesday.

The approval for Abolition of Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman comes in the wake of alternative complaint redressal mechanisms chosen by public and the institution of Ombudsman could not prove to be more effective than regular existing parallel channels of grievance redressal, both the institutions of Income-Tax Ombudsman as well as Indirect Tax Ombudsman have been abolished, said a Cabinet release.

The Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman was created in the year 2003 to deal with grievances of public related to settlement of complaints relating to Income Tax.

However, the Institution of Ombudsman failed to achieve its objectives.

It was observed that institution of new complaints have in turn fallen to single digits. Also, tax payers started preferring alternate methods of grievance redressal like CPGRAMS (Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System), AaykarSevaKendras etc. further, it was also decided in 2011 to close vacant offices of Indirect Tax Ombudsman.

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