The Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley said that better facilities and
services to the income taxpayers are the central to Direct Tax Reforms.
He said, Te income tax
payers have a right to know the deductions made from their salary / income on
regular basis. More and more tax payer services have to be provided in order to
make the people tax complaint. The Central Government’s commitment towards
continuously upgrading tax payer services.”
The Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley was speaking after launching the SMS
Alert Service for direct taxes for nearly 2.5 crore private and Government
salaried employees at a function in the national capital Delhi on October 24,
2016.
The new step is an effort by the Income Tax Department to directly
communicate deposit of tax deducted, through SMS alerts to salaried taxpayers,
at the end of every quarter.
In case of a mismatch, they can contact their deductor for
necessary correction.
Simultaneously, SMS alerts will also be sent to deductors who have
either failed to deposit taxes deducted or to e-file their TDS returns by the
due date.
This initiative will initially benefit about 2.5 crore salaried cases. The CBDT will soon extend this facility to another 4.4 crore non-salaried taxpayers.
The frequency of SMS alerts
will be increased, once the process for filing TDS returns is streamlined to
receive such information on a real-time basis.
All income taxpayers who wish to receive such SMS alerts are
advised to update their mobile numbers in their e-filing account.
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