IRS- INDIAN REVENUE SERVICE:
- The Indian Revenue Service (IRS) is the largest Group A Central Service.
- It is considered as the most important service among all group A services since it is focused on the collection of Indian revenue.
- The IRS plays a crucial role particularly in the formation of the direct taxes laws through the Income Tax Department.
- It is the largest Government departments in India with about 75,000 employees nearly 550 locations in all over India.
- Every district of the country has an Income Tax office.
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In this we look into the Roles and Responsibilities, Training period, Grade and it’s pay scale, Career prospects in detail.
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) – Roles & Responsibilities.
- To formulate the policy and changing the indirect taxes are conducted, through the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
- The main role of them in the file, is to collect the taxes.
- An important function of an IRS Officer is to ensure that people escaping from the payment of taxes are founded and brought completely the collection of revenue in regular.
- IRS officers – tax administrators also play the part of investigators and prosecutors for the Indian Government.
- One more important mandatory work of an IRS officer is to control the black money in all over India.
- They also undergo negotiation in international agreements with other tax jurisdictions as well.
Training period:
- The initial stage of training, after getting into service as IRS officers are mainly trained at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) at Nagpur.
- There, they will be undergoing a foundation Course for four months post.
- The IRS officers get extensive training for sixteen months in specialised sections on taxation and allied laws, accounting, public finances, fiscal policy, office procedures and so on.
- During the training, they can also be sent to various field offices and organisations in all over India.
- In order to get global exposure in the best taxation practices worldwide, they are sent to abroad.
Grade and it’s pay scale:
| Designation Under Income Tax | Pay scale |
| Principal Chief Commissioner | 80,000 (fixed) |
| Chief Commissioner | 75,500 – 80,000 |
| Principal Commissioner | 67,000 – 79,000 |
| Commissioner | 37,400 – 67,000 + grade pay of 10,000 |
| Additional Commissioner | 37,400 – 67,000 + grade pay of 8700 |
| Joint Commissioner | 15,600 – 39,100 + grade pay of 7600 |
| Deputy Commissioner | 15,600 – 39,100 + grade pay of 6600 |
| Assistant Commissioner | 15,600 – 39,100 + grade pay of 5400 |
Career prospects:
- Since the IRS cadre officers are well trained in the entire matters of taxation, they are recruited in various areas like
- CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)
- R&AW (Research & Analysis Wing)
- IB (Intelligence Bureau).
- IRS officers can get chance to serve as chairperson in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
- They can get an opportunity for overseas posting.
- They may also get chance to serve as Income Tax Ombudsman.
- IRS Officers get the chance to serve in Ministries.
