To reduce compliance burden of small taxpayers, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to introduce a new simplified income tax return form ‘Sugam’. “I propose to introduce a new simplified return form ‘Sugam’ to reduce the compliance burden of small taxpayers who fall within the scope of presumptive taxation,” Mukherjee said in his Budget speech.
He also said the Income Tax Department will launch 58 more Aaykar Seva Kendra (ASK) or the Sevottam centre scheme for serving tax payers more efficiently.
ASK is a pilot project initiated by the I-T Department to set up a one-stop service centre for enquiries.
“The three pilot projects of Aaykar Seva Kendras (ASKs) under CBDT have come of age. CBDT will commission eight more such centres this year. In 2011-12, another fifty ASKs will be set up across the country,” Mukherjee said in his Budget speech.
