Govt achieves 107 % of target in financial year 2021-22
Despite facing various waves of global pandemic COVID 19 the Commercial Tax Department, Government of Jharkhand has collected a total of Rs 19,750 crore commercial tax in the financial year 2021-22, which is 107 per cent of the target. A target of Rs 18,422 crores was set in the financial year 2021-22 and the department collected tax in the financial year 2021-22 is 25 per cent more than the 16,147 crore in the financial year 2020-21.
Addressing a press meet on Wednesday Secretary, Commercial Tax Department, Aradhana Patnaik said that for the first time in the State, the Intelligence and Revenue Analysis Wing was constituted and sector-wise analysis was done, which has yielded positive results. It is expected that in the current financial year also, the department will be able to collect commercial tax as per the target, she added.
The Secretary further said that to empower the audit wing, the tax commissioner's office has been made more efficient. She said that the team of the department would always be available for any kind of tax-related problems faced by the taxpayers. In the current financial year, the department will regularly interact with the taxpayers for their convenience, so that their problems can be solved with ease, she added.
“It is expected that in the current financial year also, the department will be able to collect commercial tax as per the target. In order to strengthen the audit wing, the office of the Commissioner of Taxes has been made more efficient so that the task could properly be completed,” said Patnaik.
The Secretary said that if the taxpayers face any kind of tax related problems, then the team of the department will always be available for them to guide them and provide proper solutions for their problem. In the current financial year, the department will regularly interact with the taxpayers for their convenience, so that their problems can be solved with ease and the department will hold meetings with them regularly to provide easy services for the taxpayers of the State, she added.
Patnaik said that a total of 17 office bearers, employees, who have performed well in tax collection in last financial year have been honoured with citations so that they can work with more enthusiasm and other employees will also motivate with the felicitation programme organised by the department.