Section 231 of Income Tax Act "Faceless collection and recovery of tax"
231. (1) The Central Government may make a scheme, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purposes of issuance of certificate for deduction of income-tax at any lower rates or no deduction of income-tax under section 197, or deeming a person to be an assessee in default under sub-section (1) of section 201 or sub-section (6A) of section 206C, issuance of certificate for lower collection of tax under sub-section (9) of section 206C or passing of order or amended order under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 210, or reduction or waiver of the amount of interest paid or payable by an assessee under sub-section (2A), or extending the time for payment or allowing payment by instalment under sub-section (3), or treating the assessee as not being in default under sub-section (6) or sub-section (7) of section 220, or levy of penalty under section 221, or drawing of certificate by the Tax Recovery Officer under section 222, or jurisdiction of Tax Recovery Officer under section 223, or stay of proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or cancellation thereof by the Tax Recovery Officer under section 225, or other modes of recovery under section 226 or issuance of tax clearance certificate under section 230 so as to impart greater efficiency, transparency and accountability by-
(a) eliminating the interface between the income-tax
authority and the assessee or any other person to the extent
technologically feasible;
(b) optimising utilisation of the resources through
economies of scale and functional specialisation;
(c) introducing a team-based issuance of certificate for
deduction or collection of income-tax at lower rate, or for
no deduction, or for deeming a person to be an assessee in
default, or for passing of an order or amended order, or
extending the time for payment, or allowing payment by
instalment, or reduction or waiver of interest, or for
treating the assessee as not being in default, or for levy
of penalty or for drawing of certificate or stay of
proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or
cancellation thereof, by, or jurisdiction of, Tax Recovery
Officer or other modes of recovery or issuance of tax
clearance certificate, with dynamic jurisdiction.
(2) The Central Government may, for the purpose of giving
effect to the scheme made under sub-section (1), by
notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any of the
provisions of this Act shall not apply or shall apply with
such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be
specified in the notification:
Provided that no direction shall be issued after the 31st
day of March, 2022.
(3) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) and
sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after the
notification is issued, be laid before each House of
Parliament.]