Actionable Information Monitoring System (AIMS) - NMS Cycle-4 Cases made Available in AIMS - Income Tax - LETTER F.NO.DGIT(S)/DIT(S)-2/AIMS/14/2015

LETTER F. NO.DGIT(S)/DIT(S)-2/AIMS/14/2015 DATED 27-1-2016 Around 58.95 lac cases were selected under NMS Cycle 4 pertaining to AY 2014-15. Emails and SMSs were sent to taxpayers registered with e-filing portal. In 11.77 lac cases, taxpayers have filed the Return of income and these cases have been closed. All these cases (including the cases closed with closure remark) have now been pushed to Actionable Information Monitoring System (AIMS) and made available to the jurisdictional assessing officers. 2. Earlier NMS Cycle 3 cases were pushed under AIMS module in 28 February 2015. EFS Instruction No. 49 was issued detailing the functionalities available under AIMS which is available at the following link on i-taxnet: Resources Downloads ITD Instructions (Instructions EFS/CIB) EFS Instruction 49. 3. The following options have been made available to the assessing officers under AIMS module. a. View ITS data. b. Issue system generated letters. c. Update that the assessee is not traceable. d. Update that the assessee is not compliant. e. Propose closure. f. Issue notice u/s 148 . 4. You may issue necessary instructions to the field formations to effectively utilise NMS and AIMS of EFS module to achieve the targets for the widening of the tax base.