page_title: Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)
section_title: National Academy of Direct Taxes
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) / Training / National Academy of Direct Taxes
caption_attribution_description: English: NADT Campus in Nagpur
context_page_description: The Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), often abbreviated as IRS, is the administrative revenue service of the Government of India. A Central Service, it functions under the Department of Revenue of the Ministry of Finance and is under the administrative direction of the Revenue Secretary and the ministerial command of the Minister of Finance. The IRS is primarily responsible for collecting and administering direct taxes accruing to the Government of India.
  The IRS (Income Tax), controlled by a statutory body, the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The duties of the IRS include providing tax assistance to taxpayers, pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings, and formulating and enforcing policy concerning income tax in India.
  In the 2015 fiscal year, the IRS processed 3,91,28,247 returns and collected ₹6.95797 lakh crore in gross revenue, spending ₹6 for every ₹1,000 it collected. The relative contribution of direct tax to the overall tax collection of the Central Government has risen from about 36% to 56% over the period of 2000–01 to 2013–14. The contribution of direct tax-to-GDP has doubled during the same period.
context_section_description: Sixteen months of Induction Training is conducted for the directly recruited officers of IRS (IT) at NADT each year. The training is designed into two modules to enable the Officer Trainees to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to function effectively and efficiently as tax administrators. In particular, training prepares OTs to deliver quality taxpayer services, detect and penalize non-compliance, and understand the macroeconomic, taxation and fiscal policy of the Government of India to maximize revenue.
caption: National Academy of Direct Taxes in Nagpur, Maharashtra is the staff training college of the IRS (IT).
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