India has Moved from Tax-Terrorism to Tax-Transparency

New Delhi, Nov 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Office-cum-Residential Complex of Cuttack Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal through video conference. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said this bench would now provide modern facilities not only to Odisha but to millions of taxpayers of Eastern and North-Eastern India and help in disposing of all the pending cases in this region.

 

 

PM Modi said, "The country is moving from Tax Terrorism to Tax Transparency. This change has come due to the approach of Reform, Perform and Transform." He said rules and procedures are being reformed with the help of technology. He said, "We are performing with clear intentions and at the same time transforming the mindset of the tax administration.”

 

PM Modi said that when the difficulties of the country's wealth creator are reduced, they get protection, then their trust grows in the country's systems. and the result of this growing trust is that more and more partners are coming forward to join the tax system for the development of the country. He remarked that along with the reduction of tax and simplicity in the process, the biggest reforms that have been done are related to the dignity of honest taxpayers, to protect them from trouble.

 

The Prime Minister said the thought process in the government is to trust the income tax return completely at first after being filed. As a result of this, 99.75 percent of the returns filed in the country today are accepted without any objection. He said it is a big change in the country's tax system.

 

Quoting Goswami Tulsidas “बरसत हरसत सब लखें, करसत लखे न कोय तुलसी प्रजा सुभाग से, भूप भानु सो होय” meaning when clouds rain, the benefit is visible to all of us; but when clouds are formed, the sun absorbs the water but does not cause inconvenience to anyone, the Prime Minister said governance should not cause inconvenience when collecting tax from the common people; but when that money reaches the citizens, then people should feel its benefits in their lives.

 

The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction that the IT Appellate Tribunal is also upgrading its Benches across the country for Virtual Hearing and said it is very important to upgrade the entire system in the era of technology. He stressed that more and more use of technology especially in our judiciary has started giving new convenience to the citizens of the country.