Indian Revenue Services (I.T.) & (Customs and Central Excise), Group A

The Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officer's salary, duties, responsibilities, growth is being discussed below.

The Indian Revenue Service abbreviated as IRS, is the revenue service of the Government of India. It is one of the Central Civil Services (Group A). The Service functions under the Department of Revenue in the Union Ministry of Finance and is concerned with the collection and administration of the various direct and indirect taxes accruing to the Union Government.

IRS comprises two branches - IRS (Income Tax) and IRS (Customs and Central Excise), which are controlled by two separate statutory bodies, viz., Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) respectively.

Read the following table, it will give you a little idea about IRS.

Abbreviation	I.R.S.
Formed	1953
Training Ground	National Academy of Direct Taxes (Nagpur); National Academy of customs, Excise and Narcotics (Faridabad)
Controlling Authority	Ministry of Finance
Legal personality	Government Services
Cadre Size	3904 (Income Tax) 2644 (Customs and Excise)
CBDT Chairman	RK Tewari
CBEC Chairman	Smt. Shanti Sundaram

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE IRS OFFICERS:-

·         Guardians of the Economic Frontiers and are deputed to law enforcement and intelligence organisations like the Central Bureau of Investigation, Research and Analysis Wing, Intelligence Bureau etc

·         In the Income Tax and Customs Departments, IRS officers are charged with responsibility to identify the tax evasion modus operandi and are given statutory powers of search and seizure and arrest to combat the prevalent evasion

·         Indian Revenue Service officers work in the unearthing of many scams in the country.

·         IRS officers man all important border postings and protect the country from smuggling and safeguard its economic borders. They undertake patrolling missions in high seas and also takes preventive operations against piracy and smuggling

·         IRS officers are also serving at various consulates and embassies as diplomats and also in international organisations like World Bank, OECD and IMF.

Salary Structure of the IRS officers.

Grade	Level and Rank	Salary
Apex Scale	CBDT Chairman/Member CBDT/DG Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (Equivalent to) Secretary to Government of India	80,000 (fixed) plus grade pay-Nil
Apex Scale	Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Equivalent to) Special Secretary to Government of India	80,000 (fixed) plus grade pay-Nil
Higher Administrative Grade +	Chief Commissioner/Director General (Equivalent to) Additional Secretary to Government of India	67,000-79,000 plus grade pay of 12,000
Higher Administrative Grade	Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Equivalent to) Additional Secretary to Government of India	37,400-67,000 plus grade pay of 10,000
Senior Administrative Grade	Commissioner of Income Tax/Additional Director General (Equivalent to) Joint Secretary to Government of India	37,400-67,000 plus grade pay of 8900
Selection Grade	Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (Equivalent to) Director to Government of India	37,400-67,000 plus grade Pay of 8700
Junior Administrative Grade	Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (Equivalent to) Deputy Secretary to Government of India	15,600-39,100 plus grade pay of 7600
Senior Time Scale	Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Equivalent to) Under Secretary to Government of India	15,600-39,100 plus grade pay of 6600
Junior Time Scale	Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax / Entry-level (Probationer)	15,600-39,100 plus grade pay of 5400

While working with IRS you can also work with IB, R&AW, CBI etc. Those who really want to work with IPS but if unfortunately are not selected can think of IRS as an option.

Even our Arvind Kejriwal was a IRS officers.

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