UPLOAD YOUR BILL ONLINE & WIN CASH PRIZES UPTO RS.1 LAKH: DETC, LUDHIANA

Ludhiana, July 12, 2016:In a bid to check tax evasion by shopkeepers/businessmen/traders and bring more transparency, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party led Punjab government has started "Apna Tax Scheme". Under this scheme, a mobile phone application "Apna Tax" has been launched which is compatible for both Android as well as iOS enabled phones.
While providing further details, Mr JK Jain, DETC, Ludhiana, informed that this scheme and mobile app would help in checking tax evasion to a large extent. He said that sometimes, the shopkeepers/businessmen/traders, at the time of billing, charge tax to their customers, but do not submit the same with the department. This is a very serious offence and the department would not tolerate it.
Mr Jain said that with this scheme and mobile app, the department wants to connect directly with the customers. All they (customers) need to do is upload a copy of their retail bill (amount exceeding Rs 100) using the mobile app "Apna Tax". He said dealer to dealer bills are not eligible for this scheme. Under this scheme, retail bills related to petrol, diesel, automobiles, LPG, Bakery, plywood and brick kilns are not eligible.
Mr Jain further said, "Once the bill is submitted on the app, the customer uploading it would automatically get eligible for the cash prize, that would be announced after a monthly lucky draw. The maximum value of cash prize would be Rs 50,000 or 5 times the amount of bill (whichever is less). Similarly, if the department get holds of a particular bill, for which due tax has not been submitted by the shopkeepers/businessmen/traders with the department, the customers would get eligible for a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh or five times the amount of the retail bill (whichever is higher) through a monthly lucky draw," informed the DETC.
He further stated that the draw of prizes would be conducted on 15th of every month and the minimum number of cash prizes per month would be 10 and maximum would be 1% of total number of bills uploaded. He said the first draw of prizes would be conducted on August 15, 2016.
DETC Mr JK Jain urged people to avail of this facility in large numbers and contribute their bit in checking tax evasion. He said that every person should emphasise on taking a proper bill at the time of buying something and people should understand that amount collected from taxes would ultimately be spent for the welfare of people.
"Apna Tax" mobile app can be downloaded free of cost from Google Play Store or from www.pextax.com.