Income-tax (29th Amendment) Rules, 2021

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes has introduced the Income-Tax (29th Amendment) Rules, 2021. These rules, effective from their publication date, insert a new rule, 12F, into the Income-tax Rules, 1962. Rule 12F specifies the prescribed income-tax authority for the second proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 142.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th September, 2021

G.S.R. 627(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by second proviso to clause (i) sub-section (1) of section 142 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (29th Amendment) Rules, 2021.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, after rule 12E, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“12F. Prescribed income- tax authority under second proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 142.- The prescribed income-tax authority under second proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 142 shall be an income-tax authority not below the rank of Income-tax Officer who has been authorised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to act as such authority for the purposes of that clause.”.

[Notification No. 109/2021/F. No. 370142/27/2021-TPL (Part I)]
SHEFALI SINGH, Under Secy., Tax Policy and Legislation

Note : The principal rules were published vide notification S.O. 969(E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended vide notification GSR 623(E), dated the 10th September, 2021.

FAQ :

These are new rules made by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to further amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962.

The rules come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

A new rule, 12F, has been inserted after rule 12E, which defines the prescribed income-tax authority under a specific section of the Income-tax Act.

The prescribed authority is an income-tax authority not below the rank of Income-tax Officer, authorised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes for the purposes of the second proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 142.

Notification No : 111/2021 - Income-Tax
Source : https://incometaxindia.gov.in/communications/notification/notification-no-109-2021.pdf

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