The Faceless Appeal (Amendment) Scheme 2021

The Faceless Appeal (Amendment) Scheme 2021, shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2021.

S.O. 1438(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6B) of section 250 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Faceless Appeal Scheme, 2020, namely: —

1. Short title and commencement.––
   (1) The Scheme may be called the Faceless Appeal (Amendment) Scheme, 2021.
   (2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2021.
   
2. In the Faceless Appeal Scheme, 2020, —
   
   (i) in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (1), for clause (xviii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
   
   ‘(xviii) “National Faceless Assessment Centre” shall mean the National e-Assessment Centre set up under the scheme notified under sub-section (3A) of section 143 of the Act or the National Faceless Assessment Centre referred to in section 144B of the Act, as the case may be;’;
   
   (ii) for the expression “National e-Assessment Centre”, wherever it occurs, the expression “National Faceless Assessment Centre” shall be substituted.

Note: The principal Scheme was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide notification number S.O. 3296 (E), dated the 25th September, 2020, which has not been amended so far.

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