Finance and Commercial Taxes Minister Jayant Malaiya has said that taxation will be rational and easy for businessmen. He said that more revenue is needed to meet people’s development-related expectations.
Efforts will be made to fulfill them but at the same time it will be kept in view that businessmen do not face any difficulty. For this, he desired cooperation from businessmen. Malaiya gave this assurance to representatives of businessmen associated with trading of iron, clothes, medicines, aluminium, tiles, mobile phones, gas, tourist etc during pre-budget discussions here on Thursday.
Principal Secretary Commercial Taxes AK Rai and Commissioner Commercial Taxes Amit Rathore were also present on the occasion. Representatives of trade associations from all over the State apprise the Commercial Taxes Minister about their difficulties and suggestions.
Representatives of tiles and sanitary ware business said that tax on these goods is very high, which should be reduced. Mobile phone businessmen urged to give single-point tax facility and to reduce VAT.
Transport businessmen said that they should not be intercepted time and again in the name of checking and multiple-agency checking system should be abolished. Representatives of associations related to tourism said that rate of tax on hotels situated in wildlife resorts and hotels at other places is the same. This discrepancy should be removed.
They said that their lodges remain shut for three and a half months in a year due to which their overheads are high. They also demanded to reduce tax on foreign.
Bullion traders demanded reduction in tax on craftspersons. Readymade garment trader demanded reduction in VAT. Medicine dealers demanded exemption of lifesaving drugs from tax.