Draft Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules 2017 issued for public comments.

Draft Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules 2017 issued for public comments. 1963 Rules outlived utility in view of changing circumstances and technology 

INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
(COMMITTEE FOR REVISION OF THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL RULES)

11th floor,Lok Nayak Bhawan Khan Market,New Delhi 110 003

PUBLIC NOTICE

May 11, 2017

1. Over a period of time, it was widely felt that the Income-tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 1963, have outlived their utility to some extent in view of changing circumstances and the use of technology in the Tribunal’s functioning . In the times to come, the use of technology in the Tribunal’s day to day functioning will increase It is in this background that a need is felt to revisit the existing rules and substitute the same by the new rules. This committee was entrusted with the work of preparing the new Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules 2017 in the place of the existing Income-tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 1963.

2. The Committee is pleased to present a draft of the Income Tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 2017 and place the same in public domain for inviting valuable suggestions of all the stakeholders . It is in the light of comments and the feedback of the stakeholders that the substitution of present Income-tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules 1963, by the proposed Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules 2017, will be processed further .

3.The comments and suggestions of all the stakeholders may please be sent by email to itat.rulescommittee@gmai l.com or by post at the address given below:

Shri R S Syal
Vice President
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
11th floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi 110 003

4. All the comments and suggestions should reach the Committee latest by 12th June  2017. The  Committee  deeply  values  inputs  from  all the  stakeholders  and respectfully invites the same for its consideration.

Pramod Kumar                                R S Syal                                        Sunil K Yadav
Member                                           Vice President                               Committee Chairman

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