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New Income Tax Rules – Submission of false Aadhaar number may be fined Rs. 10,000

As it is well known that the income tax department has allowed Aadhaar card holders to use the biometric id number in lieu of the Permanent Account Number (PAN). But as per new provision of Income Tax, fine of Rs. 10,000 may be levied in case of wrong Aadhar Number. As per the latest amendments in the Finance Bill 2019, not only allowed people to use Aadhaar in lieu of PAN but also introduced a penalty for giving a false Aadhaar number. However, the new penalty rules are applicable only in cases where you are using Aadhaar in lieu of PAN and where quoting PAN is mandatory according to the income tax department rules. It is well known that although Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identity Authority of India, yet the fine is not imposed by UIDAI but by the income tax department. Under Section 272B of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the department can impose a penalty in case of default in complying with provisions relating to PAN, i.e., failure to obtain, quote, or authenticate PAN. ...

Allocation for all regions and Directorates finalized : Chairperson

Today the retiring chairperson released her farewell message. She has stated the status of ongoing CR proposal. Read the relevant portion of retired chairperson as under :

"Dear friends, when I took over as the Chairperson of the Dept. in June,2013, one of the biggest challenges that faced the Dept. was to implement the new cadre restructuring whereby 20751 new posts at all levels were added to the department.

With the support of you all, much of the task has already been accomplished: DPCs for promotions at all levels from ACIT to Pr. CCIT with the exception of CIT to Principal CIT have been completed. DPC for grant of NSFG to Officers of 2000 & 2001 batch has also been completed. The file for giving NFU grade to Officers of 1980 and 1981 Batches is already under process. It gives me pleasure to inform you that all the APARs from ITO to Apex Grade CCIT have been scanned and systematized. Briefly, the following has already been accomplished:


i)                     DPC of AC to DC for 2008 and 2009 batches
(ii)        DPC for Addl. CIT to CIT 1991 and 1992 batches
(iii)       DPC of CIT to CCIT 1980,  1981 and part of 1982
(iv)       Proposal for DPC of ITO to ACIT has been submitted to UPSC
(v)        DPC of CCIT to CCIT Apex Grade has been held and the approval of ACC is awaited.
(vi) Proposal for DPC of CIT to Principal CIT shall be submitted to the UPSC shortly.
(vii) Proposal for Empanelment in the grade of JS for 1988 and 1989 batches is being sent to DoPT shortly.


As for the recruitment and promotion of staff, the process of new recruitment through SSB is already in process. For promotion, the matter has been thrashed out by sub committees, Core Committee and the Board. The Board has already approved the new Recruitment Rules and the Allocation of Posts to Implement restructuring proposals. Allocation of posts for various functional units such as assessment. TDS, Exemption, International Taxation, Investigation, Central and I&CI etc. has been finalised by the Board and sent to the FM for approval. Allocations for all Regions and Directorates have also been finalised. The CsCIT(CCA) have already been asked to keep their records complete and ready. I will be handing over the baton to my successor now and I hope that the remaining process will also be completed soon by the Board."

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