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Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
केंद्रीय अप्रत्यक्ष कर एवं सीमा शुल्क बोर्ड
Emblem of CBIC
emblem of India
Incumbent Sanjay Agarwal, IRS (C&CE:88) since 1 August 2023
Seat	North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
Appointer	Finance Minister of India The CBIC Chairperson is usually the senior most IRS (C&IT) officer of the senior most batch. The appointee for the office is approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed tenure is imposed on the office but term can be extended
Inaugural holder	B.N. Banerji
Formation	1964
Salary	₹225,000 (US$2,700)
Website	Official website

Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs or Chairperson, CBIC is the senior most IRS (C&IT) officer in the Government of India. The Chairperson is the ex officio Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes). Sanjay Agarwal, IRS (C&CE:88) is the present Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

The Chairperson is equivalent to Secretary to Government of India and comes at position number 23 in Order of precedence of India.

The CBIC Chairperson is ex-officio secretary. The Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) which is headed by the Prime Minister of India.

As the head of federal indirect tax administration, which touches the life of every Indian, the CBIC Chairperson plays a vital role in management of Indian economy and execution of economic policies of the government.

Emolument, accommodation and perquisites

As the Chairperson, CBIC is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and to Vice Chief of Army Staff/Commanders, in the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.

List of CBIC Chairpersons

See also

• Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Revenue
• Indian Revenue Service
• Indian Revenue Service (Custom & Indirect Taxes)
• Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
• Taxation in India
• Goods and Services Tax (India)
• Taxation in India#Custom duty

References

1. https://dor.gov.in/sites/default/files/Chairman%2C%20CBIC.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Cenpen India".
3. ^ "Army Pay Rules, 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India. May 3, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
4. "Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India" (PDF). Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
5. https://dor.gov.in/sites/default/files/Chairman%2C%20CBIC.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. "Chairman's Desk".

External links

• Official Portal of the Indian Government
• Union Public Service Commission
• Organizational Chart of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) (archived in 2012 at Wayback Machine)
• Organisational setup of CBEC After Cadre Restructuring Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, NACEN, RTI, Kanpur, 19.02.2015

• Custom and excise duties in India