Comparison between present income tax assessment and faceless assessment
Current vs Faceless Assessment
| Present Assessment System | Faceless Assessment System |
| Case selection through system, Manual & Tax evasion information |
1. No discretion to any officer in selection 2. No selection except through system red alerts 3. No selection other than information based |
| Single territorial jurisdiction |
Automated random allocation of cases |
| Issue of notices both manually and on system |
Notices to be issued electronically and centrally from the NeAC (Single point of faceless contact) |
| Physical meetings between the taxpayer and the officers |
No physical meeting with any officer |
| Wide discussion with officers leads to subjective approach and varying interpretions |
1. Team based assessment 2. Draft in one city, review in another city, finalisation in third city 3. Objective, fair and just order  |
- Non- payment of cost imposed can’t trigger automatic confirmation of an invalid exparte assessment.
- Non-deduction of TDS does not make transaction as unexplained in the hands of deductee – ITAT
- Last date to submit MEF 2026-27 extended to 09.09.2026
- Validity of demand u/s 156 for default u/s 115-O, if assessment order u/s 143(3) has Nil demand
- Issue already examined and adjudicated by CIT(Appeals), can’t be reopened on same set of facts
