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Income tax unions threaten stir against new software rollout
October, 23rd 2017

Employees and officers unions of the Income Tax Department have warned of a nationwide stir against the implementation of the new advance software package — IT Biz Application (ITBA) developed by TCS — from October 1, and asked the department to delay the same by at least three months.

They have set an October 31 deadline to the department to meet their demands, which include delaying the implementation of the new software to January 1 and giving them time to learn the new system, and also to stop hiring technical experts on a contractual basis.

The department replaced the existing AST software with ITBA in the seven largest metros in a phased manner. The department believes that new ITBA system can expedite all pending cases, barring e-mail based scrutiny cases, to e-proceeding based scrutiny cases.

The strike call has been given by the I-T Employees Federation and Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association. But they have not finalised a date for the stir yet.

The decision to go on a nationwide stir was taken after their meeting with Central Board of Direct Taxes Chairman Sushil Chandra and CBDT member BD Bishnoi became inconclusive.

When contacted, a department official admitted that they have given a tool-down notice without specifying a time, and added this shows the unions don’t want to work on the new software.

“Yes, the whole assessment process has been hit as the staff neither want to work on the new software nor allow those trained people on contract to do their job. All this has hampered the entire process,” said a senior I-T official here.

Officers also want certain loopholes in ITBA to be removed so that it becomes a more effective tool. Meanwhile, the unions said the stir is also to protest the practice of hiring trained contractual staff from outside.

“We’ve given time till October 31 to take a decision to extend the ITBA implementation to January 1 so that it can be effectively implemented more effectively,” Rupak Sarkar, joint convenor, the I-T Employees Federation and Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association, told PTI.

“If the department refused our demand, we are all set to go in for a nationwide stir. We’ve convened a meeting on November 10 in New Delhi to chalk out our further strategy on the matter,” he said. “The extended time may be used to make the staff familiar with the new software and remove certain loopholes in the system.”

However, it can be noted that the ITBA implementation has been gradual as the department introduced the e-mail based scrutiny assessment in the five largest metros in November 2015, which was extended to two more metros in May 2016.

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