Taxpayers threaten to hold rally

AHMEDABAD: A group from taxpayers’ association on Tuesday made a representation to the senior Income Tax (I-T) department over assessment practices and requested the officials to use the provisions of Section 264 of the I-T Act for addressing the discrepancies.
Prakash Kapadia, president of Jagega Gujarat Sangharsh Samiti, said that the appeals are taking years for the taxpayers and thus they requested the I-T officials to consider provisions of Section 264 that empowers the assessment officers to revise an order.“We told the officials that the hounding by the officers is akin to harassment and ‘tax terrorism’ and if our demands are not met, we would be carrying out a rally of taxpayers in February,” he said.
The representation also attached annexture of 175 pages, outlining major cases seeking review from the department. Earlier this month, an association of jewellers had already raised concerns over alleged harassment by the I-T department in the city.