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title: "Faceless Assessment Scheme: India's E-Tax System"
description: "The Faceless Assessment Scheme conducts income-tax assessments electronically in India, enhancing transparency and reducing corruption in tax administration."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Faceless Assessment Scheme is an Indian tax-administration system that conducts income-tax assessments electronically without physical interface between taxpayers and assessing officers.
- What is the statutory basis of the Faceless Assessment Scheme?
- How does the National Faceless Assessment Centre allocate cases?
- How is the Faceless Assessment Scheme different from e-filing of returns?
- Why have courts quashed faceless assessment orders?

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The Faceless Assessment Scheme is an Indian tax-administration system that conducts income-tax assessments electronically without physical interface between taxpayers and assessing officers.

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## Timeline

1. 12 September 2019

   The scheme was first operationalised as the E-Assessment Scheme, 2019 (notified ), rebranded as the Faceless Assessment Scheme on 13 August 2020 when Prime M…

2. 13 August 2020

   The scheme was first operationalised as the E-Assessment Scheme, 2019 (notified 12 September 2019), rebranded as the Faceless Assessment Scheme on when Prim…

3. 1 October 2019

   Adjacent reforms — the Faceless Appeal Scheme, 2021 and the Faceless Penalty Scheme — replicate the same anonymisation logic at later procedural stages, whil…

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In August 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Faceless Assessment Scheme under the "Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest" platform, eliminating direct contact between taxpayers and assessing officers across India.

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