I-T dept to organise camps for salaried persons

The first camp will be organised at Mayur Bhawan from July 22 to July 25 while the second camp will be held at Pragati Maidan from July 28 to July 31, I-T department said today.     

The department expects about 500,000 returns to be filed in the two camps, compared to 344,000 returns filed last year at the camps.     

The salaried employees will have the facility of sufficient number of counters to file returns with separate counters for senior citizens and also help desks, the department said.      

A tax payer needs to carry his permanent account number (PAN), present complete postal address, bank account number with the name of the bank and branch, MICR code which is nine digit code at the bottom of the cheque book and the tax deduction account number (TAN) of the employer, it informed.     

Besides, the taxpayers can contact their respective commissioners (CIT) in case of a problem .     

The department has made special counters for electronic filing (e-filing) of returns seeing a sizable growth in the number of voluntary e-return filers.