« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Income Tax Rules 2026: CBDT Introduces Revised Form 161 for Penalty Waiver, Clarifies Misreporting Categories and Taxpayer Relief  ITR Filing and Income Tax Audit Deadline Extended: 5 Critical Things Taxpayers Must Know  Filing Belated ITR for AY 2026-27? Know Which Losses You Can Carry Forward and Which You May Lose  CBDT Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to October 21, ITR Filing Last Date to November 21 for AY 2026-27  CBDT Extends AY 2026-27 ITR Filing Deadline for Tax-Audit Cases: New Dates and Key Compliance Details  Foreign Assets Missing From Your ITR? Income Tax Department Opens One-Time Disclosure Window  Tax Audit Deadline September 30: Why AIS, TDS and GST Figures May Not Match Your ITR and What Taxpayers Should Do  Tax audit deadline September 30: Common mistakes taxpayers should avoid  Your ITR says ‘verified’, but the refund hasn’t arrived? 5 reasons why your money could be stuck  Missed the ITR Deadline but TDS Refund Is Due? Here’s How You Can Still Claim Your Money  ITAT Cuts ?4.85 Lakh Penalty After ?14.02 Lakh Interest Income Was Missed in ITR «  Finmin not for tax sops to Delhi Metro... I-T dept registers 62% revenue growth in J&K... » I-T department plans to outsource data entry October, 05th 2006 Faced with a severe manpower crunch, the income-tax department is seeking to outsource data entry work to private companies. It is also planning to outsource its future Group D staff (such as peons) requirements. By outsourcing the work, the department will be able to dispense with 2,500-3,000 new posts at this level, a finance ministry official said. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has projected an additional requirement of around 15,000. Of this, nearly 6,000-7,000 additional staff will be required for data processing work related to annual information returns (AIRs). The income-tax department has collected a mine of information through AIRs. This has to be verified, compared with the tax returns of the individuals after identifying their permanent account number, and then processed further in case there is a mismatch between the investment undertaken and the income shown, the official said. In addition to new staff to verify and process AIRs, additional manpower is also required by the department in the position of tax assistants and inspectors. The recruitment of this additional staff would be on the lines of banking recruitment in order to have people on rolls by June next year.