Commercial Tax officials launch special drive to recover tax dues

Deputy Commissioner Ravi Sankar says he submitted a list o defaulters to the District Returning Officer with a request to debar them from contesting elections

March 20, 2014 09:21 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 09:30 pm IST - ELURU:

The Department of Commercial Taxes has launched a special drive for recovery of tax dues from tax payers under different categories, says Deputy Commissioner K. Ravi Sankar. He made an appeal to the tax payers at a media conference to clear the dues before March 25. Two Assistant Commissioners were deployed exclusively for the purpose with the objective to ensure 100 per cent recovery, he added.

Mr. Ravi Sankar said the drive had a positive bearing on the candidates contesting elections to the local bodies and the general elections with a track record of pending tax dues. Many of them have been voluntarily coming forward to clear dues with the fear of disqualification from contesting as per the Election Commission’s guidelines, he said. The Deputy Commissioner has stated that he had submitted a list of tax defaulters to the District Returning Officer with a request to debar them from contesting . The department has served notices on 2,300 tax payers as part of the target to clear the dues pending from 1980.

Mr. Ravi Sankar said West Godavari district posted 26 per cent growth in tax revenues as against the State average of 5.9 per cent. Agro-based industries, vegetable oil industries, ceramic tile industries and sugar factories accounted for 80 per cent of the total tax collections from the district, he said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.