The academy is headed by the Principal Director General of Income Tax (Training) equivalent to the Rank of Special Secretary to Government of India.
The Pr DGIT(Training) also supervises the functioning of ten Regional Training Institutes at Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Ahmedadabad, Hazaribagh and Bhopal and 46 Ministerial Staff Training Units spread all over the country.