The Income Tax Service, Group 'B' (
Hindi
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: आयकर सेवा, ग्रुप 'बी') is the
revenue service
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of the
Government of India
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. It is the feeder service of the premier and elite
Indian Revenue Service
The Indian Revenue Service (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ), often abbreviated as IRS, is a civil service that is primarily responsible for tax collection, collecting and administering Direct tax, direct and indir ...
. The service functions under the Department of Revenue in the
Union Ministry of Finance and is concerned with the collection and administration of the various
direct
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* Direct limit of (pre), sheaves
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Computing
* Direct access (disambiguation), ...
accruing to the
Union Government
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.
All officers of and up to the rank of Income Tax Officer belong to Group B (Income Tax officer (ITO) is gazetted while those below the rank of Income Tax Officer are non-gazetted). On reaching the rank of Assistant Commissioner they are accorded IRS (Group A) by the
President of India
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.
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Ranks of the ITS
See also
*
List of Income Tax Department officer ranks
The following are ranks of the officers working in the Income Tax Department of Ministry of Finance (India). Officers are appointed from two different recruiting agencies. Gazetted officers are appointed from Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) o ...
*
Civil Services of India
In India, the Civil Service is the collection of civil servants of the government who constitute the permanent executive branch of the country. This includes servants in the All India Services, the Central Civil Services, and various State Ci ...
*
All India Services
The All India Services (AIS) comprises three Civil Services of India common to the centre and state governments, which includes the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Police Service (IPS), and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). ...
*
Corruption in India
Corruption in India is an issue that affects the economy of central, state, and local government agencies. Corruption is blamed for stunting the economy of India. A study conducted by Transparency International in 2005 recorded that more than 6 ...
References
External links
Official Website of Income Tax Department of IndiaOfficial Website of Indian Revenue ServiceTraining Academy for Members of Indian Revenue Service - Income Tax
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Central Civil Services (India)
Income Tax Department of India