Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: A deputation of Chamber of Commerce & Industry led by senior vice president Sham Lal Langer accompanied by secretary general Arun Gupta and others called on the Commissioner Commercial Taxes (CT) here today in his office and apprised him about various problems being faced by the business community.
It was strongly pleaded that the recent type of surveys/audits conducted by the Commercial Taxes Department have created a sense of insecurity among the business community and also disturbed the atmosphere of other adjoining market. This practice should be stopped and instead in case of any officer of Commercial Tax Department is desirous to visit any market he should take into confidence the President/ other office bearers of the concerned market before entering into the premises of any member of business community.
The Commissioner was also apprised that the authorities at Lakhanpur are detaining the goods of registered dealers on the pretext of under valuation and are imposing heavy penalty on the same. There is no yardstick to assess the value of goods and Chamber feels that if any item is considered to be undervalued, the same should be forwarded to concerned circle at Jammu so that the concerned dealer can plead his case and get the goods released.
The delegation also emphasized that the procedure for obtaining the new Tin number should be simplified as at present there are lot of formalities to be completed in this regard. Regarding e-filing of returns above the turnover of Rs 50 lakhs, it was pointed out that there should be no need to submit returns manually.
It was also emphasized that when the goods are being shifted from shop to godown or godown to shop by a registered dealer, the same are being intercepted by the Commercial Tax authorities at different nakas on the plea that their godown is not inserted in their RC. The Commercial Tax Department should organize awareness programs in this regard. The delegation also pleaded that in case there is a division in any family and the shop is divided between legal heirs, they should be allowed to do their business in the same premises with separate Tin numbers and separate firms.
The issue relating to sales by the Best Price to local people and granting of amnesty so that people can enter into new regime of GST with a clean state was also discussed in the meeting.
The Commissioner Commercial Taxes Department assured that the points raised in meeting shall be addressed on priority. He also assured that he will personally look into the matter regarding seizure of goods and imposition of penalty at Lakhanpur to ensure that this practice is stopped and the procedure for obtaining the New Tin Number shall be simplified by minimizing the formalities to be completed in this regard.
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