New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chief Ravi Agrawal on Monday asked industry players to give their suggestions on the new income tax bill, which will be tabled in Parliament this week.

The new income tax bill, which will replace the six decade old Income Tax act, 1961, has been drafted within six months and efforts have been made to simplify the language to make tax compliance easier for taxpayers and make it easier to read and understand.

Agrawal said that the new bill has been drafted in such a way that it meets international standards.

Also, the new law has been made concise, as old provisions have been removed, making it less bulky.

He asked the industry to give their suggestions once the new bill is introduced and assured them that the suggestions would be looked into.

With regard to updated I-T returns (ITR-U), Agrawal said in the last three years about 90 lakh such returns were filed. Around Rs 8,500 crore additional revenues were garnered.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech had said that the time limit to file updated ITRs for any assessment year will be extended from the current limit of two years to four years.

Agrawal also said the income tax department is adopting a "participative" approach and is no longer following an "adversarial" approach.

"The approach of the tax department is changing," he said.

The tax department, Agrawal said, it following a 'PRUDENT' approach where P stands for Proactive and professional, R (Rule based), U (User Friendly), D (Data driven), E (Enabling environment), N (Non-intrusive), T (Transparency). PTI JD DRR

Income tax reform: new bill invites industry input and introduces simplified language plus extended ITR filing window. A new income tax bill drafted to replace the existing statute prioritises simplification, conciseness, and alignment with international standards; the CBDT has invited industry suggestions for the bill. The Budget extends the time limit for filing updated I-T returns from two years to four years, and the tax department adopts a participative, PRUDENT administrative approach focused on being proactive, rule based, user friendly, data driven, enabling, non-intrusive and transparent.