Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Issues Notification on Income Tax Sixth Amendment Rules 2023
The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, and Central Board of Direct Taxes have issued a notification on May 29, 2023, regarding amendments to the Income-tax Rules, 1962. The new rules, known as the Income-tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2023, will come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th May, 2023
INCOME-TAX
G.S.R. 396(E).-In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 249 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-
- Short title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called Income-tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Income-tax Rules, 1962,-
(I) In rule 45,-
(A) in the marginal heading, for the words and brackets “Commissioner (Appeals)”, the words and brackets “Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or Commissioner (Appeals)” shall be substituted;
(B) in sub-rule (1), for the words and brackets “Commissioner (Appeals)”, the words and brackets “Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals)” shall be substituted;
(II) In rule 46A,-
(A) in the marginal heading, for the words “Deputy Commissioner”, the words “Joint Commissioner” shall be substituted;
(B) for the words “Deputy Commissioner” wherever they occur, the words “Joint Commissioner” shall be substituted;
(III) In Appendix-II, in FORM NO. 35,-
(A) in the heading, before the words “Commissioner of Income-tax”, the words and brackets “Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the” shall be inserted;
(B) before the word “Commissioner” wherever they occur, the words and brackets “Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or” shall be inserted.
[Notification No. 32/2023/F. No. 370142/10/2023-TPL]
RAMAN CHOPRA, Jt. Secy