Friday, May 10, 2013

Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise 2014


Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise


The IRS comprises of IRS – Customs and Central Excise (C&CE) and IRS – Income Tax (IT). It is one of the Group a Central Civil Service of India. The cadre controlling authority for IRS is Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) / Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The Service was formed during the year 1946. The selected candidates go through training sessions in different institutes.
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Massouri: 3 month foundation course.
  • National Institute of Financial Management at Faridabad: 15 month profession training for officers of Customs and Excise.
  • National Academy of Direct Taxes at Nagpur: 15 month profession training for officers of Income Tax.
Cadre size: 2311 (C&CE), 2500 (IT) posts (direct recruitment – 50%, promotion - 50%. Lateral entry – if any).
Functions of the Officers
  • IRS officers are concerned with the collection, administration and policy formation of direct (viz. Income, Corporate, Wealth, FBT etc.) and indirect (viz. Central Excise, Service Tax and even Customs Duty) taxes.
Service Hierarchy
Grade
Pay scales
Designation in Field (Commercial)
Designation in Field (Operational)
Junior time scale
8000-275-13500
Assistant commissioner
-
Senior time scale
10000-325-15200
Deputy commissioner
-
Junior administrative grade
12000-365-16500
Joint commissioner
-
Selection grade
14300-400-18300
Additional commissioner
-
Senior administrative grade
18400-500-22400
Commissioner
-
Higher administrative grade
18400-500-22400
Chief Commissioner or Director General
-
24050-650-26000
-
Member, CBEC / CBDT
26000 (fixed)
-
Chairman, CBEC
CBDT or Chairman CEIB

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