INCOME TAX

EFS Instruction No. 62

DIRECTORATE OF INCOME TAX (SYSTEMS)

ARA Centre, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension,

New Delhi-110055

F. No. DGIT(S)-ADG(S)-2/Online verification of Cash Transactions/157/2016

Dated 09.03.2017

To

The Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA),

Ahmedabad/Bangalore/Bhopal/Bhubaneswar/Chandigarh/Chennai/Delhi/Guwahati/Hyderabad/Jaipur/Kochi/Kolkata/Kanpur/Lucknow/Nagpur/Mumbai/Patna/Pune

The Commissioner of Income tax (Computer Operations & Admn)

Sub: Online Verification of Cash Transactions – 2016 on AIMS Module in Income Tax Business Application (ITBA) -Reg.

Sir / Madam,

Kindly refer to the EFS Instruction No. 61 on the above mentioned subject.

2. The response(s) filed by the tax payer(s) on Cash Transaction 2016 module on e–filing portal is shared with the officer/Assessing officer(s) through AIMS This directorate has issued the EFS Instruction No. 61 dated 21.02.2017 related to its functionalities.

3. In addition to the existing functionalities, new additions/enhancements are being introduced for the field users. The salient features of the newly added functionalities are:

a) Designated user can click on Generate Notice u/s 133(6) button to generate notices. The designated user will be prompted to enter approval date and remarks. After submitting the approval details, the designated user will be able to generate the notice u/s 133(6).

b) Designated user has a provision to capture details of survey u/s 133A. The user can click on “Select Other Activity” button and select “Survey u/s 133A” from Activity dropdown and enter the respective details i.e. Survey date, Unexplained cash/deposit detected and Remarks for a case and click on Submit In case user needs to attach any supporting document, the same can be done by using the Case Attachment functionality on Cash Transaction Details screen.

c) Designated user has the provision to mark the case as ‘Not Traceable’ in case the taxpayer is not traceable despite efforts of locating the taxpayer undertaken by AO.

d) Designated User has the provision to mark the case as ‘Not Responsive’ in case taxpayer is traceable but is not submitting any response despite issue of reminders.

e.) Investigation/I&CI wing users (DIT/PDIT and above) and supervisory hierarchy of designated user can view the Cash Transaction 2016 cases and provide inputs (Enquiry/Survey/Search related information) for a case. In case of Investigation/I&CI wing users, PAN will be mandatory to enter in search criteria. These users will be able to search for PAN on All-India basis.

4. It is requested to contact ITBA helpdesk in case of any issues in this regard.

a. URL of helpdesk –http://itbahelpdesk.incometax.net

b. Help desk number – 0120-2772828 – 42

c. Email ID –helpdesk messagingqov.in

d. Help desk Timings – 8.30 A.M. – 7.30 P.M. (Monday to Friday)

Yours faithfully,

(Sanjeev Singh)

Addl. Director General (Systems)-2