HT Correspondent
Biswanath Chariali, May 26: ‘Communicating the Importance of Paying Taxes and Ease of Tax Compliance to the Prospective Taxpayers’, an extension programme of the commissioner of Income Taxes, NER was successfully conducted at Biswanath College on Wednesday. The programme was organised in association with IQAC, Biswanath College and supported by the department of Commerce of the college. The interactive programme was attended by Babul Prasad Verma, ITO, Tezpur; Ramendra Bhoumick, ITO, W-1, Tezpur; Priyadarshi Nirala, and Maithili Saran Gupta, as resource persons. In the welcome speech at the beginning of the programme, Dr. Chinta Mani Sharma, principal of Biswanath College, elaborated the importance of payment process of various taxes to the student community. He appreciated the initiatives taken by the Income Tax department to address this much important issue to create awareness among the student community.
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In his deliberation, Babul Prasad Verma explained the need of collecting taxes which is a key factor for national growth and social security. He also stressed the importance of taxation drawing the context of ancient Indian scripts like ‘Manushmriti’ and ‘Arthasashtra’. In his presentation, he elaborated on the modern Indian system of taxes which was started from 1860, by the British government. The process of paying taxes, getting refund of excess payment to taxes and redressal of grievances were also explained to the audience.
Five students from Biswanath College also elaborated their views on the importance of paying taxes during the programme. One open quiz session on various aspects of the Indian Taxation System was also conducted by Ramendra Bhoumick. Participating students were awarded mementos from the Income Tax Department. The programme was attended by more than two hundred students besides Dr Naresh Thakur, coordinator (IQAC), Dr Debashis Sarma, assistant coordinator (IQAC), Ramananda Bora, vice principal and faculty members of various departments.
