I-T department to focus on non-filers and stop-filers to increase tax collection: CBDT Chief

19 Jun 2013 Evaluate

The Central Board of Direct Taxes' (CBDT) chairperson, Sudha Sharma said that the income tax department will focus on non-filers and stop-filers to increase government's revenue collection. In her first communication to the Income Tax department, she said that the number of people who pay taxes in the country is too small and raised doubt over the accuracy of latest data that only 42,800 people in the country have an annual income of more than Rs 1 crore. 

By adding further, she said that potential for tax collection in India is much higher than what we achieve at present. Although, the I-T department’s endeavor would be to promote voluntary compliance and provide a hassle-free service to honest tax payers, it will also have to focus on non-filers and stop-filers in order to enhance the tax base and augment tax collection. ‘We aim at achieving a tax regulation regimen in India which can match the best in the world’ she added.   

The net direct tax collection in April-May period rose by 6.44% to Rs 37,596 crore as compared to the same period of previous fiscal. The government has fixed a direct tax collection target of Rs 6.68 lakh crore for the current fiscal, up from Rs 5.65 lakh crore in the previous fiscal. Meanwhile, to boost the tax revenue, the government is doing all efforts include issuing notices to tax evaders and set advertising campaign etc. Further, the government is addressing hurdles like human resources, technology and time to improve tax collection and deal with the menace of tax evasion.

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