« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Mock Test Papers Series - I & II for Students appearing in CA Foundation January 2027 Examination.  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 «  I-T dept working on centralised returns processing... FM asks tax officials to draw from experience... » I-T may soon get 10,000 more posts October, 03rd 2006 The manpower woes of the income tax department may soon be over. The departments proposal for creation of additional 10,000 posts has received the go ahead from the Cabinet secretariat. It is now likely to go to the Cabinet for its approval soon. Out of these 90% has been allocated for field formations. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had worked out its projection for manpower requirement till 10 on the governments instruction. The requirement of 10,000 was worked out by the department then. These posts are in addition to the 3,300 approved by the Cabinet earlier. For these posts, the department has sent a proposal to the Staff Selection Commission. Though the department had asked for a sanction of 6,600 posts, the Cabinet agreed to only half the number. The department had also explored the possibility of roping in the Banking Services Recruitment Board (BSRB) for hiring process. The proposal has not found much favour with the department as BSRB would have taken the same time as SSC.