INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT STARTS TWO MORE TAXPAYER FRIENDLY INITIATIVES : 'REGISTER FOR HOME VISIT' AND 'ONLINE TAX HELP'
PRESS RELEASE, DATED 24-7-2012
In
order to make the Income Tax Return filing experience even more
convenient, the Income Tax Department has started two more taxpayer
friendly initiatives 'Register for Home Visit' and 'Online Tax Help'. To
avail these facilities, a taxpayer must visit the website
www.trpscheme.com and take help of trained professionals either online
or at their homes. The taxpayer can choose between 'online help' or
'home visit'.
On choosing the option of online tax help, the taxpayer
can fill in his tax related query along with his contact details. The
online query will be resolved by tax experts through E-mail or Phone
within 24 hours.
The taxpayers who choose to register for home visit,
will be asked to indicate in short the help required by them and a
convenient date and time when the Tax Return Preparer (TRP) can visit
them for assistance. The help desk will forward the query of the
taxpayer to the nearest available TRP and fix the appointment
telephonically. The TRP will then visit the taxpayer and render
assistance. The facility is aimed to facilitate taxpayers in filing
their return and thereby reducing their cost of compliance. The TRPs are
allowed to collect fee from the taxpayers as per the TRP notification
subject to a maximum of Rs. 250 per return preparation. The facility for
home visit by TRPs has been presently made available in few cities such
as Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow,
Mumbai, New Delhi and Patna. The facility
would be extended to more
cities during the next phase.
The TRP scheme call center 1800-10-23738 may be called for further information regarding these initiatives.
The
Tax Return Preparer Scheme is an initiative of the Income Tax
Department to help small and marginal tax payers in filing of their
Income Tax Returns. This Scheme is applicable to individual and HUF tax
payers who can take assistance of TRPs in preparation and filing of
their Income Tax Returns. The TRPs are self employed graduates who are
trained by the Income Tax Department for filing of Income Tax Returns as
well as quarterly TDS statements. The TRPs are authorized to collect
nominal charges of Rs. 250 or less from the tax payers for preparing
their Income Tax Returns. The Department also pays incentive to the TRPs
for preparing of returns of tax payers which is a percentage of the
total tax paid as per the returns prepared by the TRP subject to a
maximum of Rs. 1000/-.