IRS officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as the new CBDT chairman.

June 28, 2022

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Nitin Gupta, IRS, Member Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes.
He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1986 batch of the Income Tax cadre. He is serving as the Member (investigation) in the Board.
The post of the CBDT chief was being held in an additional capacity by Board member and 1986- batch IRS officer Sangeeta Singh after J B Mohapatra retired on April 30.
The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have six members who are in the rank of special secretary. It is the administrative body for the Income Tax department.