CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF

INCOME TAX- POWERS

Presented by
Kavya k
Nithya s
Sir varuni s
INTRODUCTION

The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax,

or Director General of Income Tax is a senior
rank in the Income Tax Department in India.
They are chosen from the Indian Revenue
Service and usually serve for the government
for a period of 30 years.
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Appointment:
By the central
Govt.

Jurisdiction:
Determined by
CBDT.
FUNCTIONS
 Chief Commissioners
are allotted budgetary
targets for collection by
the Central Board
of Direct Taxes and the
targets are divided among
the Commissioners of
Income Tax and are
constantly monitored.
POWERS
Exercise powers of an assessing officer
CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF IT

Appoint income tax authorities below

the rank of assistant commissioner

Make enquiries on investigations into

concealment – Section 131 (1A)

Giving instructions to income tax

officers Section 119 (3)

Power of Survey- Section 133A

Power to make any inquiries

CCIT IN INDIA
Senior Indian Revenue
Service officer Shri. Patanjali
has assumed charge as Principal
Chief Commissioner of Income
Tax, Mumbai 10th August 2020.
Prior to this, he was holding
the post of Director General of
Income Tax Bengaluru for the
state of Karnataka & Goa.
Shri Patanjali is one of the
senior most officers of the
department and had worked in
Mumbai in an earlier stint from
Shri Patanjali May 1997 to April 2007
CCIT IN TAMIL NADU
Shri Rajiv Jain, IRS has
taken over charge as
Principal Chief Commissioner
of Income-tax, Tamil Nadu
& Puducherry 26.07.2019,
on promotion, from
Shri N.Sankaran Principal
Chief Commissioner
of Income-tax, Andhra
Pradesh & Telangana. He
belongs to the 1984 Batch of
Indian Revenue Service
Officers. Shri Rajiv Jain
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