Income Tax

Percentage of cases selected for Income Tax scrutiny reduced drastically over the years

Percentage of cases selected for Income Tax scrutiny has reduced drastically over the years

Income Tax Department is changing-from just enforcement to facilitating better taxpayer services.

As per data released by the Finance Ministry, number of cases selected for scrutiny has reduced drastically over the years.

The average overall percentage of scrutiny has reduced from 0.71% in AY 2015-16 to 0.25% in AY 2018-19

 

State/UT wise statistics for percentage of returns/cases selected for scrutiny are as under:

Percentage of cases selected for Income Tax scrutiny

State

AY 2015-16

AY 2018-19

Odisha

0.46

0.12

Puducherry

0.68

0.25

Punjab

0.39

0.14

Rajasthan

0.44

0.13

Sikkim

0.60

0.57

TamilNadu

0.89

0.30

Telengana

1.04

0.50

Tripura

0.46

.012

Uttar Pradesh

0.44

0.13

Uttarakhand

0.35

.011

West Bengal

0.87

0.25

Andhra Pradesh

0.59

.021

Arunachal Pradesh

1.53

0.34

Assam

0.56

0.15

Bihar

0.39

0.08

Chhattisgarh

0.54

0.13

Delhi

1.12

0.52

Goa

0.75

0.34

Gujarat

0.65

0.23

Haryana

0.51

0.21

Himanchal Pradesh

0.35

.012

Jharkhand

0.37

0.09

Kranataka

0.88

0.37

Kerala

1.01

0.29

Madhya Pradesh

0.46

0.14

Maharashtra

0.98

0.38

Manipur

1.01

0.22

Meghalaya

0.99

0.47

Mizoram

0.47

0.35

Nagaland

1.47

0.32

Jammu & Kashmir

0.61

0.10

Andaman & Nicobar

0.45

0.06

Chandigarh

0.87

0.52

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.38

0.28

Daman & Diu

0.39

0.31

Lakshadweep

0.63

0.00

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