IRS officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman.

Gupta, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1986 batch of the Income Tax cadre, is serving as the Member (investigation) in the Board and is scheduled to retire in September next year. He has been appointed as the chairman, from the date of assumption of this post.

The post of the CBDT chairman was being held by Board member and 1986-batch IRS officer, Sangeeta Singh. She was serving in an additional capacity, after J B Mohapatra retired on April 30, 2022.