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Excelsior Correspondent LEH, Oct 18: Income Tax Department of J&K and Ladakh led by Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Amritsar, Lal Chand and Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, J&K and Ladakh Vikram Sahay along with Joint Commissioner of Income Tax J&K and Ladakh Rahul Padha, organized a programme today at Conference Hall, DC Office Leh to spread awareness regarding various tax provisions among the public. Income Tax Officer of J&K and Ladakh Lokesh Yadav, SSP Leh Shruti Arora, ACR Leh Shabir Hussain and other officers and officials including Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) of different Government departments, hoteliers, contractors, and persons associated with other business outlets attended the programme. During the programme, the participants were informed about the different provisions of taxes.
The participants were also briefed about the scope and benefits of exemptions and deductions specifically available under Section 10(26) of Income Tax Act for residents of Ladakh. Lal Chand spoke during the occasion and said that the purpose of the programme was to address the concerns and apprehensions of the residents of Ladakh. He mentioned that the Income Tax Department aims to make people aware of the Income Tax provisions and help them in matters related to Income Tax.
During the programme, DDOs were also educated about various tax provisions and concerns were resolved related to deductions. Rahul Padha mentioned about issues where emails are not updated or not in use which lead to email bounce backs, which in turn lead to huge deduction of tax. Vikram Sahay requested the stakeholders to update their emails with the bank to receive such enquiries on time or respond to such emails, if received.
He also mentioned that the TDS Division of the Department will organize a workshop for all the DDOs and other stakeholders to resolve TDS related issues of Ladakh. Participants and stakeholders raised their problems related to manner of availing benefits under section 10(26) of the Income Tax Act, deductions in tax, income tax during official posting outside Ladakh, income tax deduction in pension cases and other such question which were answered by the Officers..
