The income tax department will start settling the piles of over 300,000 pending tax disputes starting september.
These disputes are pending at various benches of the Income tax Appellate Tribunals(ITAT) across India, according to a financial ministry official.
To this end, the revenue department has asked the over 300 commissioners of the income tax -appeals(the first-level appellate aythority), to start sending notices to individuals and entities for resolving their cases under the one-time dispute settlement window,which was introduced in this year's budget.
The income tax dispute resolution scheme,2016 will run till december 31 this year.
As per the contours of the scheme,dispute involving tax claims below 10 lakh,the settelment can be done by just paying the basic tax arrers without penalty will also have to be paid apart from tax and interest to settle the dispute.
"In addition to the individual notices, the tax department will soon come out with a set of FAQs,trying to answer queries sent into the department."sources said.
Hindustan Times New Delhi,14th July 2016
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