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:
|
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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