Fatehgarh Sahib, April 20, 2018: It is a matter of concern that only few percent of people pay income tax, whereas a large section of society have good earning conceal their income to avoid paying tax. If we as a society stopped paying tax, the future of the country will be at stake as all the development projects will come to standstill moreover we won’t be able to provide good quality education to our children and create good infrastructure, said R. bhama, Principal Commissioner Income Tax, Patiala Range, while addressing the media persons here today after paying obeisance at historical Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib. She was presented Siropa by Headgranthi Nirmal Singh.
She highlighted the importance of paying tax honestly, which leads to tension free life one should not indulge in tax evasion. She called upon the small and petty business community to start paying tax as per their wishes to avoid unnecessary harassment and assured full co-operation from the department side. Shesaid that all those who can afford must pay the tax as per their capacity as the revenue collected from taxes is used for development projects, which ultimately is for our use.
Harjinder Singh Additional Commissioner, Pardeep Kumar ITO and Bharat Bhushan Verma Advocate accompanied her.