Tax Assistant in CBDT Duties

Can you tell me in detail about the duties for the post of Tax Assistant in CBDT (Central Board of Direct Tax) whose exam is conducted by SSC CGL?

[shikha]

Tax Assistant in is an assistant level post. One is posted in one of the two levels; either in assessment of tax or in non-assessment.

• Work profile depends upon where one is posted.
• If posted in assessment, then one is supposed to do the work related to assessment of the income tax of an individual or a partnership firm or even a company. With this, one is responsible for feeding that data in the computer. One can be asked to do any clerical work like work related to Diary and Dispatch, Noting, Drafting etc. One could also be asked to accompany the Raid team.
• If posted in non assessment, then supposed to do only clerical work.
• This cycle of assigning of working seats keeps changing periodically.

Work Timings:
One will have a proper work schedule.
Daily one will be going in the morning and coming back to home in the evening, no extra work hours and working in shifts.
At certain times, it may also involve some travelling during the auditing.

Career Path:
As Tax Assistant in CBDT, one will have the following career path
1. Sr Tax Assistant
2. Income Tax Inspector (ITI)
3. ITO (Group-B gazetted)
4. Assistant commissioner.


Salary and Allowances

(i) Pay Scale 5200-20,200
(ii) Grade Pay 2400
(iii) Initial Pay 5200
(iv) Total Pay (i) + (ii ) 7600

Major Allowances:

DA on Total Pay above (around 107 %)

Transport Allowance

House Rent Allowance (if not provided with quarters)

Petrol allowance

A MTNL/BSNL sim from the department on which all STD calls on every type of BSNL/MTNL phone are free; and 400 minutes on other phones whether STD or local are free for every month.
And also 1 GB 3G data free use of data on internet.
According to current pay scales, one get a salary of around 23,000/- pm initially (can be varied a little as per place of posting)