Under faceless assessment, all communication with taxpayers to be from NeAC

The Income Tax department has issued guidelines for the demarcation of roles of officers for the implementation of faceless assessment, making the National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) as the main gateway for communication with a taxpayer.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the National e-Assessment Center (NeAC) at Delhi and various Regional e-Assessment Centres (ReACs) across 20 cities for implementing the faceless assessment scheme.

In detailed guidelines on implementation of the scheme the CBDT said, The NeAC/ReACs hierarchy will be tasked with management of Faceless Assessment proceedings.

All the functions would be through electronic means for which the