Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes
केंद्रीय प्रत्यक्ष कर बोर्ड
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Incumbent
Nitin Gupta, IRS (IT:1986)
since 1 July 2022
Income Tax Department (IT)
StatusActive
AbbreviationCBDT
Reports toGovernment of India
ResidenceNorth Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
AppointerFinance minister of India
The appointee for the office is approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister[a]
Term lengthNo fixed tenure is imposed on the office but term can be extended
Inaugural holderJamuna Prasad Singh
Formation1964
Salary₹225,000 (US$2,800)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the senior-most IRS (IT) civil servant in the Government of India. The Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the Special Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax).

The CBDT Chairperson is a Special Secretary and reports to the Revenue Secretary of India.[2] He is placed equivalent to officers of the rank of Lieutenant-General, Vice-Admiral or Air Marshal, CBI Director and Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the Order of Precedence.[3]

Functions

The following are the functions of the Chairman:

Emolument, accommodation and perquisites

As the Chairperson, CBDT is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent[6] to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and to Vice Chief of Army Staff/Commanders, in the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.[6]

Chairperson, CBDT monthly pay and allowances
Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month) Pay Matrix Level Sources
₹225,000 (US$2,800) Pay Level 17 [7]

List of CBDT Chairpersons

CBDT Chairpersons since Inception[8]
Name Tenure Notes
Jamuna Prasad Singh 1964 - 1967 First ever CBDT Chairman
S A I Navapna Raw 1967 - 1968
K S Sundara Rajan 1968 - 1969 Went on to become Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
R N Muttoo 1969 - 1971
R D Shah 1971 - 1974
S R Mehta 1974 - 1977
S Narayan 1977 - 1978
V V Badami 1978 - 1979
O V Kuravilla 1979 - 1981 Went on to become Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission
Jagdish Chand 1981 - 1983
V Chidambaram 1983 - 1984
N Subramanian 1984 - 1985
M S Narayanan 1985 - 1986
Chand K. Tikku 1986 - 1988 Went on to become Vice Chairman of MP Administrative Reforms Commission
G N Gupta 1988 - 1989
A S Thind 1989 - 1989
T N Pandey 1989 - 1990 Went on to become Member of Direct Tax Reforms Committee
A V Swaminathan 1990 - 1991
A K Ghosh 1991 - 1992 Was appointed as Chairman of Supreme Fact-Finding Committee related to Harshad Mehta Scam
S Ramamurthi 1992 - 1993
R S Rathore 1993 - 1994
Dr. N R Sivaswamy 1994 - 1994
T R Srinivasan 1994 - 1995
N Rangachary 1995 - 1996 Went on to become Chairman of the IRDA
G K Mishra 1996 - 1997
S N Shende 1997 - 1997
Ravi Kant 1997 - 2000
S K Nigam 2000 - 2000 Was appointed as Special Advisor to FM on Taxation
A Balasubramanian 2000 - 2001
O P Srivastava 2001 - 2001
P K Sharma 2002 - 2003
P L Singh 2003 - 2004
Shobha Majumdar 2004 - 2005 First woman to be a CBDT Chairperson[9]
Berjinder Singh 2005 - 2005
M S Darda 2005 - 2005
M M Kherawala 2006 - 2006 Second woman to be a CBDT Chairperson[10]
Indira Bhargawa 2006 - 2007 Third woman to be a CBDT Chairperson[11]
B M Singh 2007 - 2007 Went on to become Member of ITSC
R Prasad 2007 - 2008 Went to become Member of Competition Commission of India (CCI) till 2013
P K Mishra 2008 - 2008
R S Mathoda 2008 - 2008
N B Singh 2008 - 2009
S S N Moorthy 2009 - 2010 Went on to become Member of Securities Appellate Tribunal
Sudhir Chandra 2011 - 2011
Prakash Chandra 2011 - 2011
M C Joshi 2011 - 2012 Was Chairman of Black Money Committee appointed by Prime Minister
Laxman Das 2012 - 2012
Poonam K Saxena 2012 - 2013
Sudha Sharma 2013 - 2014
R K Tewari 2014 - 2014
K. V. Chowdary 2014 - 2014 Went on to become CVC [12]
Anita Kapur 1 November 2014 - 30 November 2015 Went on to become COMPAT Member
Arun Kumar Jain 15 Dec 2015 - 30 January 2016
Atulesh Jindal 1 February 2016 - 31 July 2016
Rani Singh Nair 1 August 2016 - 31 October 2016
Sushil Chandra 1 November 2016- 14 February 2019 Went on to become chief Election Commissioner at ECI [13]
Pramod Chandra Mody 15 February 2019- 31 May 2021 Became Secretary General of Rajya Sabha in the rank of Cabinet Secretary. Longest Serving Chairman since Feb 15, 2019 to 31 May 2021.[14]
Jagannath Bidyadhar Mahapatra 1 June 2021-30 April 2022 From 1 June 2021 to August 2021, he served as the Acting Chairperson
Sangeeta Singh (additional charge) 2 May 2022 – 30 June 2022 [15]
Nitin Gupta 1 July 2022- Incumbent

Notes

  1. ^ The CBDT Chairperson is usually the senior most IRS officer of the senior most batch.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News".
  2. ^ Official website of the Department of Revenue, Government of India
  3. ^ a b Income Tax India Archived 2013-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ IRS: CBDT Chairman, Members and their Contact Details
  5. ^ CBEC, CBDT to chart plan to recover Kingfisher Airlines dues - The Times of India the chairman of CBDT
  6. ^ a b "Army Pay Rules, 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India. May 3, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  7. ^ "Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India" (PDF). Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "CBDT Past Chairman".
  9. ^ "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration". Sify.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration". Sify.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration". Sify.[dead link]
  12. ^ "SC upholds appointment of KV Chowdary as CVC". Business Standard India. 2 July 2018.
  13. ^ Pandey, Devesh K. (14 February 2019). "CBDT chief Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner". The Hindu.
  14. ^ "Pramod Chandra Mody named as the next CBDT chairman". Live mint. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ^ "IRS Officer Sangeeta Singh gets additional charge of CBDT Chairman - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

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