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August 2009

New online system for judicial cases of income tax

By Raman Jokhakar, Tarunkumar Singhal, Chartered Accountants
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  1. New online system for judicial cases of income tax

The Income-tax Department is set to start an online
‘judicial reference system’ in order to streamline thousands of Departmental
cases being fought in various Courts and I-T Tribunals across the country. The
facility, to be used by I-T Department officials initially, will put in place
all the cases, petitions and Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) in an online
server which will be developed by private vendors, a senior I-T official said
today.

Taxpayers can also avail the facility to check the orders
and judgments given by the various I-T Tribunals like the Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal (ITAT) and Courts after the successful implementation of the system.

“The Tax Department handles volumes of cases with a long
time span at present being heard at various courts in the country. With this
maiden service all the Assessing Officers and Regional Commissioners will be
able to know the exact status of the cases and take references from older
cases,” the official said.

However, the status of cases, replies filed by the
Department and other specific information can be accessed by the Department
officials only, the official said.

(Source : Media Reports & Internet, 9-6-2009)

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