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Minister calls for simple tax structure to promote greater tax compliance

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, JULY 22, 2014: THE Minister of State for Finance, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, today said that the Indian tax architecture needs to be further simplified so that it is easy for tax payers to comply and pay off their taxes. She said that the citizens want to become law compliant rather than tax evaders. Ms Sitharaman was delivering the Valedictory Address at the conclusion of the two-day Annual Conference of Principal Chief Commissioners, Principal Director Generals, Chief Commissioners and Director Generals of Income Tax here today. She hoped that the delebrations of the Conference would be helpful to the senior officers in handling various tax related issues and in reducing tax litigation and strengthening of grievance redressal mechanism.

Earlier the Minister released a Handbook on ‘Effective Handling of Cases before Settlement Commission'.

The Valedictory Address was also attended by Mr Shaktikant Das, Revenue Secretary, Chairman and Members of CBDT and senior officers of the Revenue Department among others.

Earlier, Mr R.K. Tiwari, Chairman CBDT gave details of the two day deliberations of the 30th Annual Conference. He assured that the officers of the Department will make all out efforts to achieve their respective targets in a transparent and fair manner. He also said that the deliberations during the Annual Conference were very fruitful and would help the officers in dealing with various day to day tax related matters in an effective manner.

 


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Sub: 'simplified' tax payers

The honest tax payers will pay taxes howsoever it is difficult to comply. It has never been a case of the tax evader that since the tax compliance is difficult, they have chosen not to pay taxes. Taxation structure in our country has been policy based and more of socialist, and therefore, there cannot be a simplified tax structure.

The basic reason for tax evasion is
1. poor enforcement of existing laws
2. corruption at various levels
3. no fear of law
4. greed

It is something like, the ticket booking in railways is made so simple, that you can even book your ticket from anywhere, and everywhere. Even though the ticketless travellers are on the rise. Rather than simplfied tax structure, a strict enforcement of laws and punishing the tax evaders, and also the corrupt officials who are had in glove with such evaders, would definitely bring some change in tax collection.

Recently, there were some arrests made in service tax. immediately, there were a lot of people who have started paying service tax voluntarily, and taking registrations.

Fear of law has to be inculcated in the minds of people. There may be some genuine people who need some help in understanding the provisions. The sevottam scheme started by the revenue departments, needs to be converted as helplines, working for more than 8 hrs a day, everyday.

- r. subramanya

Posted by Subramanya Rayaprol
 

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