Income Tax Division will reach UE -mail and social media accounts! Learn new rules

The Income Tax Division will now be tighter on tax evasion, which can scare you. In fact, from April 1, 2026, the Income Tax Department will have the legal right to hack your social media account, personal email, bank account, online investment account and trading account in tax evasion cases from April 1, 2026 and access tax evasion from April 1, 2026. Gold, jewelry or an expensive item, which you cannot do under the income, 1961. What will turn into new Income Tax Account? In terms of this new law, the Income Tax Department is now getting the right to reach your digital assets. He will obtain this right in terms of section 132 of the Income Tax Act 1961, giving them the right to seek and seize the assets, documents and accounts of suspected persons. In simple words, the department will have the right to ask for access to digital assets of taxpayers in the new Income Tax Bill. Now digital property will also come under this new law under the investigation, officials will have the right to reach your computer system or virtual digital space. This means that if an authorized officer suspects you will deliberately steal income tax, then impede your computer system, email or social media account. What will be the effect in this situation? Let us know what changes in the new Income Tax Bill it implements? Under the new Income Tax Bill, the definition of virtual digital space will include your social media account, bank account, trading account, investment account and email. Following this, officers will access these digital platforms. Claus 247 of the bill states that the authorized officer can earn “unannounced income, documents or assets by exceeding the access code of the computer system or virtual digital space.” This means that in the case of tax evasion, income tax officers can bypass passwords of your digital accounts, exceed security institutions and unlock data. The new Income Tax Bill gives them the right to do it all. Who are authorized officers under the bill? In terms of this bill, the ‘Authorized Officer’ consists of the following officers: Joint Director or Additional Director (Joint Director) Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner (Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner) Assistant Director or Deputy Director or Deputy Director or Deputy Director or Deputy Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner) Income Tax Officer or Tax Officer or Tax Report Officer, which will be the new direct of April 1, 2026? Income tax officers can now check the social media, email, online investment, crypto accounts and other digital financing platforms of the suspect. Officers can search and utilize computers, smartphones, laptops, hard drives and digital accounts. If the investigation is not cooperated, officers can bypass the password, exceed security institutions and unlock data. The new Income Tax Bill gives them the right to do it all. What taxpayers will apply to this rule? The new rule does not apply to all taxpayers. This rule will only apply in cases where the authorities will suspect tax evasion or unknown assets. Under the Claus-247 of the new Income Tax Bill, this right will be with only a few officers, that is, authorized officers will be allowed to access digital data. What are the changes in the first and now? Currently, Article 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, 132 officials to seize assets and documents. But under the new bill, they will now also have the right to break into your computer system or virtual digital space. Earlier, officers had the right to seize only documents, bank accounts, laptops or hard drives, but now the new law will give officials directly access to digital data. The government gave this cleaning on the new bill, Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary made it clear in response to the question in the Rajya Sabha that income tax officers would not be allowed to achieve taxpayers’ personal information such as email, social media accounts or bank accounts without a legal process. Officials can only access data if they follow the prescribed legal process. The opinion of experts on the new bill fears the change between taxpayers that the income tax department can monitor their e -mail and social media from 1 April 2026. However, most tax experts believe that not all taxpayers should panic. This rule only applies to those who are believed to be tax evasion. Experts believe that this step is an essential change in the digital era and will be kept under the scope of the Constitution.