The income tax department today said it has extended e-mail based assessment scheme to two more cities of Hyderabad and Kolkata.
Paperless assessment/ e-mail based assessment on a pilot basis was commenced in the financial year 2015-16 in non-corporate charges of five cities -- Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai, a finance ministry statement said.
The statement further said that all the taxpayers of the aforesaid seven cities, whose cases are picked up for scrutiny, may convey their consent to their respective Assessing Officers in order to avail the facility of e-mail based paperless assessment proceedings.
