The revenue department on Friday issued notices to 35,000 assessees for failure to file I-T returns even as finance minister P Chidambaram entreated defaulters to pay taxes and seek penalty waiver.
‘A polite letter was sent to 35,000 such persons in the first lot. Two weeks ago we have sent letters, another lot of 35,000 persons. Today, letters are being issued to a third lot of 35,000 persons,’ he told reporters here. The minister assured that the I-T department would take a benign view of assessees volunteering to file returns and clear their dues and interest. ‘The tax authorities can take a benign view and waive the penalty. They have done so in cases in the past ,’ he said.
‘A polite letter was sent to 35,000 such persons in the first lot. Two weeks ago we have sent letters, another lot of 35,000 persons. Today, letters are being issued to a third lot of 35,000 persons,’ he told reporters here. The minister assured that the I-T department would take a benign view of assessees volunteering to file returns and clear their dues and interest. ‘The tax authorities can take a benign view and waive the penalty. They have done so in cases in the past ,’ he said.