A reference by the Prime Minister’s Office or “VIP” can help if an income tax appeal needs to be taken up on a priority basis or out of turn, a finance ministry guideline said.
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The new guidelines issued on March 7 have listed situations for priority or out-of-turn disposal — these include, ‘‘cases having demand above Rs 1 crore, direction issued by the court, cases where a VIP/PMO reference is received for expeditious disposal, cases where request is made by senior citizens and or super senior citizens or any other case of genuine hardship”.
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Narayan Jain, national president of the All India Federation of Tax Practitioners, said “the guidelines is a welcome move as this mechanism seeks to solve the grievances of the appellants in an efficient manner”.
“Such a mechanism was overdue, considering the number of appeals currently pending at the level of Commissioners and Additional/Joint Commissioners (Appeals). Hope it will help in reducing the number of pending appeals”, Jain said.
“Interestingly the guidelines also include cases where a VIP/PMO reference is received for expeditious disposal. It needs to be clarified as to who will be considered as VIP,” he said.
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