New Delhi (India), July 23 (ANI): Earnings tax staff throughout the nation will boycott the official Earnings Tax Day celebrations on July 24, as a part of an escalating protest in opposition to what they time period the “persistent apathy” of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) towards their urgent considerations.
The Joint Council of Motion (JCA), representing the Earnings Tax Staff Federation (ITEF) and Earnings Tax Gazetted Officers Affiliation (ITGOA), introduced a collection of agitation applications that may intensify over the approaching weeks, probably disrupting tax administration operations nationwide.
The protest will start with demonstrations on July 23 in any respect Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner/Principal Commissioner stations throughout 18 areas. “The power indifference of the administration in the direction of our urgent points has compelled us to provoke this protest,” acknowledged the JCA in a letter to CBDT Chairman dated July 21, 2025.On July 29, JAF has deliberate for half-day dharnas and demonstrations in any respect main tax places of work and suspension of all stories besides these for Parliamentary questions and court docket orders. There can even boycott of outreach applications and non-participation in official conferences, each bodily and digital and black flag demonstrations if CBDT members go to subject places of work.In keeping with the JCA from 5 to 7 August, there shall be prolonged every day dharnas and a whole halt to look and survey operations, together with TDS surveys and a full-day walkout on August 8. The JCA highlighted a number of unresolved points affecting 97% of the division’s workforce. The current Annual Common Switch (AGT) orders issued on July 16 have “aggravated prevailing discontent” by ignoring deserving instances involving real compassionate grounds. The long-standing apply of transferring officers again to residence areas after cooling-off durations has been “abruptly discontinued.”Delays within the overdue Cadre Evaluate and Restructuring train proceed to trigger “acute stagnation” throughout Group C and B cadres. A committee report on profession development for non-IRS cadres reportedly ignored JCA proposals.A number of promotion and regularisation points stay unresolved, together with regularisation of Assistant Commissioners (2024 batch) pending with UPSC for over six months, Advert-hoc promotions in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh areas, All-India Earnings Tax Officer seniority record preparation delays and non-financial upgradation points for 2008-2011 batches.
Staff have additionally raised considerations about “frequent and duplicative requests for information and stories” with “synthetic deadlines” that disregard statutory deadlines. The reorganisation of Junior Evaluation Officer fees, created in the course of the faceless evaluation scheme implementation, stays pending regardless of repeated requests.
Regardless of bold plans for digital platform upgrades together with Taxnet 2.0, ITBA 2.0, and different programs, the JCA criticised the dearth of matching {hardware} and software program help. “Over a thousand newly promoted Earnings Tax Officers are being pressured to work with out departmental laptops,” the letter acknowledged.
The protest comes regardless of the current reappointment of the present CBDT Chairman, which had “created a whole lot of expectation among the many fraternity.” Nonetheless, the JCA expressed that “our anticipations have been belied” by the current switch orders and continued delays in resolving long-pending points. (ANI)