Govt committed to upgrading tax payer services: Jaitley

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference after launching the SMS alert for tax deducted at source for salaried employees, in New Delhi on October 24, 2016.

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SME Times NEws Bureau | 25 Oct, 2016
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that the government is committed to upgrading the facilities and services to the taxpayers.

While launching the SMS Alert Service for direct taxes for about 2.5 crore private and Government salaried employees at a function in the national capital, Jaitley stressed on the Government’s commitment towards continuously upgrading tax payer services.

Better facilities and services to the taxpayers are the central to Direct Tax Reforms, he said, adding that more and more tax payer services have to be provided in order to make the people tax complaint.

He added that the tax payers have a right to know the deductions made from their salary/income on regular basis.

The SMS Alert Service 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 cover approximately 2.5 crore salaried cases. The CBDT is planning to 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 taxpayers who wish to receive such SMS alerts are advised to update their mobile numbers in their e-filing account.