Sunday, September 10, 2017

Income Tax Department to appoint 7600 more TRPs to cover the entire country

New Delhi: To file ITR, there will be at least one trained staff to assist small taxpayers in every district of the country, along with a proposal to appoint 7,600 additional experts, along with the Income Tax Department on the mobile application Services will also be provided.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), which is the highest policy making body of the tax department, has decided to expand the scope of the scheme (TRPS) to generate tax return of 2006 by creating "digital" service and covering all 708 districts. of the country.

According to a department of IT department, according to access by PTI, there is a proposal to provide adequate number of Tax Returns preparedness (TRPs) in each district by increasing the number of 5,400 to 13,000 TRPs in the country.

"It is proposed that there should be at least three TRPs in every district of the country," it has also been said.

A senior official working on the project said that it aims to ensure that a person specializing in filing a taxpayer or a chartered accountant, without hassling, to hassle and assess the 'home tax' filing service.

"ITR filing is still not easy for many people. The TRP scheme was kept in mind a decade ago and it is believed that such services should be available for taxpayers at a lower cost. .

"Currently, there is no TRP in every district of the country. With the government's directive to increase the tax base and increase taxpayer services in the year, a new scheme has been envisaged," the official said.

He said, "7,600 new TRPs will be trained and appointed by the tax department."

Under the new digital plan for this scheme, he said, a taxpayer will be able to get his nearest TRP by logging in to the 'Income Tax Mitra' mobile app, which starts shortly, like the popular Cab rental application, Taxi aggregators like Uberand Ola

He said, "The taxpayers can send their documents in TRP in online mode and even those who can prepare the services rates, the same can be made available to the passengers who provide their services to drivers in the rental cab app. Is available for. "

According to official figures, there are 5,400 TRPs in the country which are currently trained and appointed by the IT department.

According to official rates, a TRP can charge a maximum of Rs 250 for filing an ITR.

The TRDRP scheme was started in 2006, in which the small taxpayers will provide an optional and easy channel to record their annual income tax return (ITR).

The TRP scheme is going through three phases of expansion and the fourth and the biggest addition to the latest TRP scheme will be added, the official said

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