Filling of Returns by every Government Servant - Income Tax
Government Servant
भारत सरकार /Government of India
आयकर विभाग/Income Tax Department
आयकर आयुक्त चेन्नै-3 का कार्यालय, चेन्नै
Office of the Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-3, Chennai
कमरा सं.410, चौथातल, आयकर भवन, 121, महात्मागांधी रोड, चेन्नै-34.
4th Floor, Main Building, 121, Mahathma Gandhi Road, Chennai-34.
P.N.DEVADASAN, IRS
Principal Commissioner.
Chennai
19/06/2018
To
The Drawing & Disbursing Officer
O/O Dy. Director of IT(INV) Unit III
139, IOC Bhavan I Floor IOC Bhavan Nungambakkam High
Road Nungambakkam Chennai - 600034
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub:
Filing of Returns by every Government Servant - Reg.
As
you might be aware, every person who is having income more than
Rs.2,50,000 is bound to file his/her return of income. This includes the
Government Servants also. However, the data of returns filed indicate
that more than 50% of the Government Servants at Chennai are not filling
their income tax returns. I hope, you will agree that as government
servants, we should abide by laws and to be role models to the common
citizens of our country. If we, Government servants ourselves are
violating law by not filling our income tax returns, we don’t have any
moral right to blame other sections of society.
From this year i.e
Assessment Year 2018-19 onwards, the Parliament has amended the Income
Tax Act by introducing a new section 234F for imposing late fee on every
person who is not filling his/her return of income within the due date.
For salaried employees, the due date is 31-07-2018. This means all the
salaried employees have to file their returns of income for the
Financial Year 2017-18 (Assessment Year 2018-19) on or before31-07-2018.
Otherwise they all mandatorily have to pay late fee amounting between
Rs.1,000 to Rs.10,000 as per the provisions of Section 234 . Also, a
penalty of Rs.5,000 can be imposed under section 271F on them. In
addition to this, they can be prosecuted under section 276CC of the
Income Tax Act for jail termsvarying between three months to seven
years.
It may please be noted that these provisions are applicable
to all the persons having gross income (excluding deductions) above
Rs.2,50,000/-. It is understood that many persons who are claiming
deductions under section 80C etc. (on GPF contribution, Life Insurance
Policies, Housing Loan Repayment etc.) and adjustment of Interest on
Housing Loan are under the impression that they need not file the return
as their net income is below taxable limit and no TDS is deducted from
their salary.
Therefore, I request you to kindly intimate and
advice all the employees to whom the gross salary paid in the last year
is more than Rs.2,50,000 to file their returns of income before
31-07-2018. It may also be noted that all the incomes earned by an
employee such as rental income (including subletting of house/s),
interest incomes, dividend from Co-operative societies and all such
incomes should be declared in their returns of income. Later, if found
to have omitted any such incomes, they are liable for separate penalty
and prosecution for concealing those incomes.
A copy of this
letter may be handed over to each of your employees who draw their
salary through you. You may also discuss this issue with the Head of
your Office/Department and request him/her to issue a circular to all
the employees to file their return of income well in time.
In case
of any clarification or suggestions, you may please contact the
following Officers: Joint Commissioner Smt. Sumathy Venkataraman
(8762300298), Assistant Commissioner Ms. N. Abhinaya (8939744880), Smt.
Priya Ramakrishnan, ITO (9445954906), Shri Sundaramurthy, ITO
(9445955554), Smt. Malarvizhy Kujur ITO (9962383336) or Shri V.
Baladandayutham, ITO (9445954896).
Yours faithfully,
(P.N.DEVADASAN)
Source: Confederation
