Income Tax & Central GST department organises ‘Mulaqaat’ outreach programme at Pulwama

Pulwama: Income Tax Department in collaboration with the District Administration, Pulwama today organised an outreach programme, titled ‘Mulaqaat’ with the stakeholders, Industrial Unit Holders, Contractors, Shopkeepers, Young entrepreneurs and youth of Pulwama district with regard to Income Tax and Central GST.The Mulaqaat was held under the chairmanship of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Srinagar, Manoj Pal Singh, Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary and other concerned officers.President and members of Industrial Association IGC Lassipora, Traders Association, Contractors, Shopkeepers, start-ups, women entrepreneurs and other stakeholders attended the programme.The outreach programme and interactive sessions was held with various stakeholders including Cold Storage, small and medium businessmen, young professionals, start-ups and youth to listen to their grievances, complaints, suggestions etc. raised so far in this regard and understand the difficulties being faced by the public in respect of direct and indirect Taxes and to assist them in solving the problems along with motivating the youth to pay taxes.

The aim is also to find out the expectations and suggestions of the people from the forthcoming Union Budget and to make the public aware about the technological advancements made by the new taxation regime to increase transparency and ease of compliance and to provide better service to taxpayers, the visiting officers informed.On the occasion, the traders, contractors and youth also put forth their valuable suggestions which were patiently heard and taken into consideration for their early resolution.They raised their concerns like difficulties encountered in filing various returns on the GST Portal and requested for organizing more awareness programmes about GST and Income tax, in which people should be taught about TDS, GST Returns, IT Returns etc. They also demanded a suitable time window beyond the due date of filing of returns, free of late fee, in view of poor internet connectivity issues.Senior officers were also present in the Mulaqaat.