SHOPIAN:- Income Tax Department in Collaboration with the District Administration, Shopian today Organised an outreach programme, titled ‘Mulaqaat’ with the stakeholders, Contractors, Shopkeepers and Youth of Shopian District with regard to Income Tax and Central GST.
A Central team headed by Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax, Abhi Shri accompanied by Deputy Commissioner, GST, Daanish Inder Singh Gill chaired the said programme here at Mini Secretariat Arhama Shopian.
Among others, Assistant Commissioner, Development, Hilal Ahmed Jeri, Tax Officer, Shopian, Zamir Ahmed Wani, BDO Shopian, President, Traders Association, Shopian, Traders, Contractors, Shopkeepers and other concerned were present.
while addressing the participants in an interaction with the Tax Administrators and Stakeholder the Assistant Commissioner said that our aim is to visit the district to carry out an outreach programme and hold interactive sessions with various stakeholders including small and medium businessmen , young professionals , start-ups and youth and also to listen the grievances, complaints, suggestions etc.raised so for in this regard.
The purpose of this outreach programme and interactive sessions is to 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 about 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 taxpayers’ service.
On the occasion, the traders, contractors and Youth also put forth their 9valuable suggestions which were patiently heard and taken into consideration for their early solution.