Government committed to provide stable tax regime: Chidambaram

20 Dec 2012 Evaluate

Government is fully committed to provide best possible facilities to the tax payers for better tax compliance and revenue augmentation, focusing a reasonably stable tax regime, which is in the interest of both the taxpayers as well as tax collectors, said Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram at the 5th Meeting of Consultative Committee ‘Facilitation for Tax Payers’.

The move comes as a relief for the taxpayers who, in the recent times, have times blamed the government for a series of turnarounds. At the same time Chidambaram clarified that government intends to keep a close eye on tax evaders and will bring in an upgraded tax information system. "We have moderate rate of income tax as compared to various developed countries. Our peak rate of taxation is 30% at present. Therefore, there is lot of scope for better tax compliance and tax collections," Chidambaram said.

By adding further Finance Minister said, "At present, 3.5 crore people are filing income tax returns. Only 14.6 lakh people have declared their income of Rs 10 lakh and above for tax purposes which is not realistic." Recently, government had pointed out several individuals’ spending/ investment activities being absent from their tax returns and expressed concern on the same.

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