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The Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the senior-most IRS (IT) civil servant in the Government of India.The Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the Special Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax).
The CBDT was constituted in 1964 under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. The counterpart for indirect taxes is the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). CBDT is currently headed by Ravi Agarwal, the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
The CBDT is headed by a chairman and also comprises six members, all of whom are ex officio special secretaries to the government of India. The chairman and members of the CBDT are selected from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), whose members constitute the top management of the IT Department. The chairman and every member of CBDT are ...
Direct tax in the form of an income tax was introduced by the British in India in 1860 to overcome the difficulties created by the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [5] The organizational history of the Income-tax Department, however, starts in the year 1922, when the Income-tax Act, 1922 gave, for the first time, a specific nomenclature to various Income-tax authorities.
Anita Kapur is an Indian IRS officer. She is former Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex authority of the Indian Income Tax department. She is a 1978-batch officer of the Income Tax cadre, was until now serving as Member (Legislation and Computerisation and Income Tax) in the CBDT.
Pramod Chandra Mody (born 1 September 1959) is a 1982–batch retired Indian Revenue Service officer. [1] [2] He is currently serving as Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha.[3] [4] He served as Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes from February 2019 to May 2021. [5]
Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes [1] In office 1 November 2016 – 14 February 2019: Preceded by: Rani Singh Nair: Succeeded by: Pramod Chandra Mody: Personal details; Born 15 May 1957 (age 67) Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, India: Alma mater: IIT Roorkee (B-Tech), DAV College, Dehradun (LLB) Occupation: Retd. IRS (IT) officer
Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs or Chairperson, CBIC is the senior most IRS (C&IT) officer in the Government of India. The Chairperson is the ex officio Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) .