POKHARA, May 5, 2012
Taxpayers of Pokhara will soon be able to pay tax through banks, a move that aims to make the process transparent and convenient. Prime Commercial Bank is opening a counter in the premises of Pokhara Sub-Metropolis after which tax payers will be able to directly make the payment.
Sub-Metropolis decided to have the counter after repeated complaints from the public regarding irregularities of the employees in tax department of the office. They were charged of issuing fake receipts and of decreasing amounts paid by the taxpayer.
After the agreement with the sub-metropolis office and permission from the central bank, Prime Commercial Bank is bringing the payment counters into operation from mid-May.
Tilak Paudel, Executive Officer of Pokhara Sub-Metropolis Office said taxpayers will no longer have to complaint about the fake receipts. Paudel even claimed that the office was the first in the country to have bank counter for collection of tax. “As all the process will be computerized, the process will be transparent,” added he.
The office collects land, property and business taxes from city dwellers worth around Rs 90 million annually.
The office had taken action against employees involving in irregularities and had also recouped the amount from them in the past.
Under the agreement with the bank, sub-metropolis office will have to open salary account of all its employees and account of consumer committee in Prime Commercial Bank. At present, 355 employees are working in the office and total salary of Rs 4.7 million is paid by the office every month. Likewise, the bank has also agreed to provide interest rate of 8 percent on daily basis in collected tax amount.
“Although we don´t have direct benefit by establishing a counter here, we can directly come in touch with a potential customer through the counter,” branch manager of the bank, Sailesh Shrestha said.
Source: Republica
Taxpayers of Pokhara will soon be able to pay tax through banks, a move that aims to make the process transparent and convenient. Prime Commercial Bank is opening a counter in the premises of Pokhara Sub-Metropolis after which tax payers will be able to directly make the payment.
Sub-Metropolis decided to have the counter after repeated complaints from the public regarding irregularities of the employees in tax department of the office. They were charged of issuing fake receipts and of decreasing amounts paid by the taxpayer.
After the agreement with the sub-metropolis office and permission from the central bank, Prime Commercial Bank is bringing the payment counters into operation from mid-May.
Tilak Paudel, Executive Officer of Pokhara Sub-Metropolis Office said taxpayers will no longer have to complaint about the fake receipts. Paudel even claimed that the office was the first in the country to have bank counter for collection of tax. “As all the process will be computerized, the process will be transparent,” added he.
The office collects land, property and business taxes from city dwellers worth around Rs 90 million annually.
The office had taken action against employees involving in irregularities and had also recouped the amount from them in the past.
Under the agreement with the bank, sub-metropolis office will have to open salary account of all its employees and account of consumer committee in Prime Commercial Bank. At present, 355 employees are working in the office and total salary of Rs 4.7 million is paid by the office every month. Likewise, the bank has also agreed to provide interest rate of 8 percent on daily basis in collected tax amount.
“Although we don´t have direct benefit by establishing a counter here, we can directly come in touch with a potential customer through the counter,” branch manager of the bank, Sailesh Shrestha said.
Source: Republica
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