FJCCI blames tax dept for harassment

Ranchi: The Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJon Wednesday alleged that some officials of the state commercial taxes department were harassing its members in the name of audit and assessment of the Value Added Tax (VAT).
FJCCI president Sajjan Sharaf said, "The notification issued by the state department in July 2011 said the VAT audit would be conducted only for those business houses which register a turnover of more than Rs 10 crore per annum.Instead of following the notification, the officials are visiting establishments with a transaction of less than 1 crore and unnecessarily harassing them."