https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=5492 The document diagnoses systemic corruption in the income tax department-overt bribery and collusive corruption-attributed to greed, purchase of postings, weak supervision and selective scrutiny. It recommends administrative reforms: public disclosure of officers' assets, prohibition on removing assessment records, rotation and random reassignment of assessing officers, second tier scrutiny of nil demand returns, post retirement practice restrictions within the same jurisdiction, compulsory retirement for incorrigible officers, limits on gifts and fraternisation, and stronger internal controls to subject officers to comparable scrutiny as other taxpayers. en-us Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:47:43 +0530 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:56:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=5492 The document diagnoses systemic corruption in the income tax department-overt bribery and collusive corruption-attributed to greed, purchase of postings, weak supervision and selective scrutiny. It recommends administrative reforms: public disclosure of officers' assets, prohibition on removing assessment records, rotation and random reassignment of assessing officers, second tier scrutiny of nil demand returns, post retirement practice restrictions within the same jurisdiction, compulsory retirement for incorrigible officers, limits on gifts and fraternisation, and stronger internal controls to subject officers to comparable scrutiny as other taxpayers. Articles Income Tax Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:47:43 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=5492