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At a time when direct tax collections increased 19%, the tax department has failed to adhere to its own compliance when it comes to tax refunds of salaried employees, with the backlog of 2007-08 still not cleared. Mumbai, which contributes close to 4
This is the time of the year when tax payers look forward to getting refunds from the IT Department if eligible. But for roughly seven out of 10 cases, income tax refunds have remained elusive for no fault of the tax payers. The income tax department maintains that it is also not at fault. According to senior taxmen, they reject an overwhelmingly large number of eligible cases every year for what they call the incidence of missing entries.
Haven’t got your income tax (I-T) refunds? Here is the reason – the department has not processed close to 20 lakh returns filed by taxpayers in Mumbai. The issue was taken up by Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, P. P. Srivastava, who recently took charge, during a meeting with senior officials on Thursday.
Many Taxpayers had a tough time getting a refund of the tax deducted against his fixed deposits with public sector banks, as the tax deduction at source (TDS) certificates issued to them by the banks did not mention there permanent account number (PAN). Depositors of banks and post offices — especially pensioners — are put to a lot of trouble at the time of filing tax returns and claiming refunds, as these organisations often issue incomplete or incorrect certificates.
The Income Tax (IT) department in Hyderabad is sitting on a huge pile of cash that it should have returned long ago to those whom the money legitimately belongs: the tax payers. But hiding behind technicalities the department has not bothered to return the money which runs into a whopping Rs 1000 crore.
Exporters are demanding refund of taxes on diesel as they fear that subjecting the fuel to global rates would create problems for a power-starved industry, which depends on it for daily operations. Any decision to decontrol diesel prices, even in a phased manner, would affect exporters as they are dependent on diesel due to erratic electricity supply, apex exporters’ body FIEO said.
Admitting that many Income Tax refunds were still pending, the I-T Department decided to “clean up the mismatched TDS database” due to which the refunds were held up. An I-T Department release said, “The Income Tax Department has taken the initiative to clean up the mismatched TDS data base. Many refunds are pending with the IT Department due to the mismatch of tax paid by the assessee, but the same is not being reflected in the computer software of the department.”
Mr Palanimanickam noted that the Department’s efficiency had to be benchmarked by the satisfaction level of the users. He highlighted that a major source of dissatisfaction of income-tax assessees is with respect to refund of taxes. “The time taken to grant refunds is very high when compared to international standards,” the Minister said, adding that the department should set up a task force to revamp the system of tax refunds.
This year, claiming a full income tax (I-T) refund could take longer than you expect if the amount mentioned in your return does not match that in the department’s system. Bitten by a Rs 14-crore refund scam in December last year, I-T authorities have ordered that an assessee can only get the refund amount shown in the department’s computer system, and that if the assessee claims more than that, he or she can only get it after filing for rectification and submitting the relevant documents.
Alarmed by the initial findings of its departmental inquiry, the income-tax (I-T ) department has moved the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to probe the ‘tax return scam.’ The hand of several I-T officials working in tandem with some rogue tax agents is suspected in the scam to siphon off refunds.
