Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a platform, called “Transparent Taxation Honoring the Honest”, which, he said will strengthen efforts of “reforming and simplifying our tax system”.
Here are the highlights:
- Structural reforms in the country have reached a new milestone
- Transparent Taxation platforms is based on reforms such as faceless assessment, faceless appeal and taxpayers’ charter
- Faceless appeal facility will be available to all citizens of the country on September 25
- A “faceless” tax system will give taxpayer confidence on fairless and fearlessness
- In past six years, government has remained focused on banking the unbanked, securing the unsecured and funding the unfunded
- In a way, today’s launch marks a new beginning (in this direction)
- New platform is aimed at honoring the honest
- Country’s honest taxpayer plays a very big role in nation-building
- Ease of tax compliance to assessees leads to nation’s development and progress
