tax department is not into snooping on social media accounts of taxpayers says i t sources

Tax Department Is Not Into Snooping On Social Media Accounts Of Taxpayers, Says I-t Sources

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New Delhi: The new Income Tax Bill prescribes the existing process for tax authorities to gain access to the digital space or a computer device only during search and survey operations, and it is not aimed to breach the online privacy of common taxpayers even if their case lands into scrutiny, a top I-T department official said Monday. The powers for such a coercive action already existed in the 1961 Act, and these have only been reiterated in the Income Tax Bill of 2025, he said. The offic