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Cabinet approves Abolition of Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman

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..... Cabinet approves Abolition of Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman
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Dated:- 7-2-2019

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra .....

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..... Modi has approved the proposal for Abolition of Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman. The approval comes in the wake of alternative complaint redressal mechanisms chosen by .....

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..... 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 I .....

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..... ndirect Tax Ombudsman have been abolished. Background: The Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman was created in the year 2003 to deal with grievances of public related to settlement of complaints rela .....

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..... ting 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 st .....

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..... arted preferring alternate methods of grievance redressal like CPGRAMS (Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System), Aaykar Seva Kendras etc. further, it was also decided in 2011 to cl .....

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..... ose vacant offices of Indirect Tax Ombudsman.
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