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Sushil Chandra takes over as Central Board of Direct Taxes Chairman

| | Nov 01, 2016, at 11:42 pm
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IBNS): Sushil Chandra, IRS, on Tuesday took over as the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

He succeeds Rani A Nair who superannuated on Monday.

Chandra has been Member (Investigation) in CBDT since December, 2015.

During his long and illustrious career in the Income Tax Department, he has handled many prestigious assignments like the Principal Chief Commissioner & Director General of Income Tax at Ahmedabad, Commissioner of Income Tax (Central) & Director of Income Tax (Investigation) at Mumbai among others.

His dynamism and forward looking vision is expected to further energise the Income Tax Department in its taxpayer friendly measures and new initiatives in the area of e-governance, read a government statement.

 

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