Claim: From 01.04.2026, ITD can access emails, social media, trading apps, or private accounts.

❌ This claim is #misleading.

✅ Section 247 of the Income Tax Act, 2025 applies only to Search and Survey operations. Unless there is evidence of serious tax evasion and a formal search is initiated, the ITD has no authority to access private digital spaces.

✅ These powers cannot be used for routine data collection, scrutiny assessments, or general monitoring. They are meant solely to tackle black money and large-scale evasion, not law-abiding citizens.

✅ The authority to seize documents during search and survey has existed since the Income Tax Act, 1961.

��For more info, read: https://incometaxindia.gov.in/Pages/income-tax-bill-2025.aspx