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.Official website of the Department of Revenue, Government of India 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.Income Tax India
Functions The following are the functions of the Chairman: Administrative planning of the Income Tax Department. Act as advisor and conscience keeper of the Indian Revenue Service. Handle senior appointments. Represents the Finance Ministry at important tax-based conferences at UN and OECD. Transfers and postings of officers in the cadre of Chief Commissioner of Income-tax and Commissioner of Income-tax. Matters dealt with in the Foreign Tax and Tax Research Division, except matters under Section 80-O of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Ensure that the Cabinet decisions are implemented Advise the Finance Minister of India. All matters relating to Central and Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committees and Consultative Committee of the Parliament. Public Grievances. Provide an element of continuity and stability to administration during crises.IRS: CBDT Chairman, Members and their Contact DetailsCBEC, CBDT to chart plan to recover Kingfisher Airlines dues - The Times of India the chairman of CBDT
Emolument, accommodation and perquisites As the Chairperson, CBDT is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent 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. +Chairperson, CBDT monthly pay and allowancesBase Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month)Pay Matrix LevelSourcesPay Level 17
List of CBDT Chairpersons CBDT Chairpersons since InceptionName Tenure NotesJamuna Prasad Singh1964 - 1967First ever CBDT ChairmanS A I Navapna Raw1967 - 1968K S Sundara Rajan1968 - 1969Went on to become Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat R N Muttoo1969 - 1971R D Shah1971 - 1974S R Mehta1974 - 1977S Narayan1977 - 1978V V Badami1978 - 1979O V Kuravilla1979 - 1981Went on to become Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Regulatory CommissionJagdish Chand1981 - 1983V Chidambaram1983 - 1984N Subramanian1984 - 1985M S Narayanan1985 - 1986Chand K. Tikku1986 - 1988Went on to become Vice Chairman of MP Administrative Reforms CommissionG N Gupta1988 - 1989A S Thind1989 - 1989T N Pandey1989 - 1990Went on to become Member of Direct Tax Reforms CommitteeA V Swaminathan1990 - 1991A K Ghosh1991 - 1992Was appointed as Chairman of Supreme Fact-Finding Committee related to Harshad Mehta ScamS Ramamurthi1992 - 1993R S Rathore1993 - 1994Dr. N R Sivaswamy1994 - 1994T S Srinivasan1994 - 1995N Rangachary1995 - 1996Went on to become Chairman of the IRDAG K Mishra1996 - 1997S N Shende1997 - 1997Ravi Kant1997 - 2000S K Nigam2000 - 2000Was appointed as Special Advisor to FM on TaxationA Balasubramanian2000 - 2001O P Srivastava2001 - 2001P K Sharma2002 - 2003P L Singh2003 - 2004Shobha Majumdar2004 - 2005First woman to be a CBDT ChairpersonBerjinder Singh2005 - 2005M S Darda2005 - 2005M M Kherawala2006 - 2006Second woman to be a CBDT ChairpersonIndira Bhargawa2006 - 2007Third woman to be a CBDT ChairpersonB M Singh2007 - 2007Went on to become Member of ITSCR Prasad2007 - 2008Went to become Member of Competition Commission of India (CCI) till 2013P K Mishra2008 - 2008Went on to become Chairperson, Adjudicating Authority, Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA), Ministry of Finance till 2013R S Mathoda2008 - 2008N B Singh2008 - 2009S S N Moorthy2009 - 2010Went on to become Member of Securities Appellate TribunalSudhir Chandra2011 - 2011Prakash Chandra 2011 - 2011M C Joshi2011 - 2012Was Chairman of Black Money Committee appointed by Prime MinisterLaxman Das2012 - 2012Poonam K Saxena2012 - 2013Sudha Sharma2013 - 2014R K Tewari2014 - 2014K. V. Chowdary1 August 2014 – 31 October 2014Went on to become CVC Anita Kapur1 November 2014 - 30 November 2015Went on to become member of Competition Appellate Tribunal Arun Kumar Jain15 Dec 2015 - 30 January 2016Atulesh Jindal1 February 2016 - 31 July 2016Rani Singh Nair1 August 2016 - 31 October 2016Sushil Chandra1 November 2016- 14 February 2019Went on to become chief Election Commissioner at ECI Pramod Chandra Mody15 February 2019- 31 May 2021Became Secretary General of Rajya Sabha in the rank of Cabinet Secretary. Longest Serving Chairman since Feb 15, 2019 to 31 May 2021.Jagannath Bidyadhar Mahapatra 1 June 2021 – 30 April 2022From 1 June 2021 to August 2021, he served as the Acting ChairpersonSangeeta Singh 2 May 2022 – 30 June 2022Nitin Gupta1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024Later Chairman National Financial Reporting Authority.Ravi Agarwal 1 July 2024-Incumbent
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See also Principal Secretary (India) Chairperson Central Board of Excise & Customs
References
External links Official Portal of the Indian Government Union Public Service Commission