The number of income taxpayers in the country is about 35 million. It is expected to reach around 80 million by 2015. Considering that a substantial number of taxpayers file returns manually, managing records has become a major task for the Department.
The Department says it requires about 12,000 officials just for scrutiny cases. At present, around 4,000 officials are handling 7,00,000 scrutiny cases a year.