Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 14: On the directions of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, J&K R N Sahay and Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Range-2, S S Negi, the Income Tax Officer, Katra Dharmender Gupta today held awareness camp and interactive session with the businessmen and representatives of various trade associations of Reasi.
During the interaction, he enlightened the gathering about the role of the taxpayers in the building of the nation and stated that paying taxes honestly is the biggest symbol of patriotism in itself. He requested people to promote tax awareness among the non-taxpayers considering it as their social responsibility.
The ITO also sensitized the gathering about the liberal functioning of the Income Tax Department and stated that the declarations made by the taxpayers in their Income Tax Returns are accepted without any questioning and without demanding any proofs/documents and less than 0.1% of the returns are subjected to scrutiny by the department that too where credible information of transactions or investments is available but do not match with the returns filed or in cases where no return have been filed.
He also threw light on the cases identified by the department, particularly of salaried employees, wherein false refunds have been claimed by declaring dubious deductions and/or under reporting of income.
The welcome address was given by Jodh Singh, President Karyana Association, Reasi and the vote of thanks was presented by Vijay Choudhary, Inspector of Income Tax Office, Katra.
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