Scrutiny assessment scheme should be discontinued immediately, searches be stopped forthwith and greater use of AI tool and extensive use of REVISING RETURNS WITH PAYMENT OF additional taxes will gallop income tax collection like anything. To clean up massive arrear demand let govt introduce scheme akin to BANKING NPA RECOVERY and collect token amount of arrears and write off balance portion on the footage of waiving telecom agr dues and banking NPAs. All departmental appeals before any judicial forum be withdrawn to reduce judicial overload.

Rajesh Gohel