Income Tax Service, Group ‘B’
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| Formed | 1953 | |||||||||||||
| Headquarters |
Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill, New Delhi |
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| Country |
 India
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| Training Grounds | 1. National Academy of Direct Taxes (Nagpur) | |||||||||||||
| Controlling Authority | Ministry of Finance, Government of India | |||||||||||||
| Legal Personality | Governmental Federal law enforcement |
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| General Nature | Taxation Revenue Administration |
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| Cadre Size | 3904 (Income Tax) | |||||||||||||
| Service Chief | ||||||||||||||
| CBDT Chairman | Anita Kapur | |||||||||||||
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Cabinet Secretary Current: A. K. Seth |
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The Income Tax Service, Group ‘B’ (Hindi: आयकर सेवा, ग्रुप 'बी') is the revenue service of the Government of India. It is the feeder service of the premier and elite Indian Revenue Service. The service functions under the Department of Revenue in the Union Ministry of Finance and is concerned with the collection and administration of the various direct accruing to the Union Government. All officers of and up to the rank of Income Tax Officer belong to Group B (Income Tax officer (ITO) is gazetted while those below the rank of Income Tax Officer are non-gazetted). On reaching the rank of Assistant Commissioner they are accorded IRS (Group A) by the President of India.
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