I-T dept offices to open on all Saturdays in March after FM's rap

Currently, Saturdays and Sundays are off days for I-T department employees

Offices of the income tax department across the country will remain open on all Saturdays this month after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman directed them to do so in order to resolve taxpayers' issues and grievances, a senior official said on Friday.

Sitharaman early this week rapped the policy-making boards of the I-T department (CBDT) and that for the Customs and GST department (CBIC) during an event in Bengaluru for allegedly not responding to the grievances of assessees.

While the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the apex policy-making body for the I-T department, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and