Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: In a significant achievement, the Commercial Taxes Department has realized a revenue of over Rs. 2888.61 crore during the first seven months (ending October 2012) of the current fiscal against Rs. 2280 crore collected during the corresponding period of last financial year, marking an increase of 26.66 %. The department has an ambitious target to earn a revenue of about Rs. 4123 crore during the current financial year, which is an all time high revenue growth.
This was stated at a six hour marathon quarterly review meeting of the Jammu Division of Commercial Taxes Department, held at Excise and Taxation Complex, Jammu today under the chairmanship of the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather.
In a power point presentation made by P.I.Khateeb, Additional Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Administration) Jammu, it was informed that the Jammu Division of Commercial Taxes Department, has achieved 69.48 percent of targeted revenue in the first seven month of the current fiscal by realizing a revenue of over Rs. 2021.19 crore during the same period against a target of Rs. 2909.15 crore for the current financial year .
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rather said that Commercial Taxes Department enjoys the premier position as the highest tax earning department of the State, adding that the State’s economic stability largely depends on the performance of the department. He asked the officers and field agencies to work with dedication and total commitment as it is their paramount duty to increase the revenue by dint of their proficiency and efficiency.
He urged for plugging tax pilferages effectively and enjoined for a vigorous and sustained tax recovery drive against the willful tax defaulters. He also called for an effective monitoring mechanism to get hold of tax evaders and enjoined upon the concerned authorities to vigorously persue the stay cases pending in the courts.
Mr. Rather also called upon the officers of the Commercial Taxes Department to set high standards in public relations while dealing with the traders and tax payers, adding that no genuine tax payer should feel harassed un-necessarily which, he said, will not be tolerated.
The Minister laid emphasis on recovering the arrears with full might of law. He also reviewed the progress of the two committees, constituted for vigorous and effective recovery of arrears. He impressed upon the officers that their ‘performance’ will be judged by two important indicators which include their attitude and behavior with tax payers, which in all circumstances should be human and dignified, adding that every dealer/ tax payers has to be treated with dignity and honour.
The Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Kifayat Hussain Rizvi assured the Minister that officers of the department would leave no stone unturned to come upto the expectations of the Government, adding that “our effort would be not only to achieve the assigned targets, but to surpass these”.
Among others the meeting was attended by Additional Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Administration) Jammu, P.I. Khateeb, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Hq) Showkat Aijaz, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Checkpost Lakhanpur Pankaj Magotra, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes (V&I) Sohail Noor Shah, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Recovery) Vivek Sharma, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Audit) Anoo Malhotra, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Appeals) P.K.Bhat, Dy. Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Judicial ) Anuradha Rani and concerned CTOs of Jammu Division.
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