GST payers can approach jurisdictional tax officer to change username & password

GST Update :

Change of email and mobile number of the authorized signatory by taxpayers with assistance from the jurisdictional tax officer under GST system

Complaints are being received from taxpayers that the intermediaries who were authorized by them to apply for registration on their behalf had used their own email and mobile number during the process. They are now not sharing the user credentials with the taxpayer on whose behalf they had done the registration in the first place and the taxpayer is at their mercy.

With a view to address this difficulty of the taxpayer, a functionality to update email and mobile number of the authorized signatory is available in the GST System.  The email and mobile number can be updated by the concerned Jurisdictional tax authority of the taxpayer as per the following procedure:

Steps to be followed:-

• Taxpayer is required to approach the concerned jurisdictional Tax Officer to get the password for the GSTIN allotted to the business.
• <Jurisdiction can be checked through Search Taxpayer option available on https://www.gst.gov.in,>. Allotted jurisdiction is displayed in red text>
• Taxpayer would be required to provide valid documents to the tax officer as proof of his/her identity and to validate the business details related to his GSTIN.
• Tax officer will check if the said person is added as a Stakeholder or Authorized Signatory for that GSTIN in the system.
• Tax officer will upload necessary proof on the GST Portal in support to authenticate the activity.
• Tax officer will enter the new email address and mobile phone number provided by the Taxpayer.
• After upload of document, Tax officer will reset the password for the GSTIN in the system.
• Username and Temporary password reset will be communicated to the email address as entered by the Tax Officer.
• Taxpayer need to login on GST Portal https://www.gst.gov.in/ using the First time login Link.
• After first time login with the Username and Temporary password that was emailed to him, system would prompt the taxpayer to change username and password. The said username and password can now be used by the taxpayer.

             Link : http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1535436

Revised Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme, 2018

Income Tax Department issues Revised Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme, 2018 

With the objective of obtaining people’s participation in the Income Tax Department’s efforts to unearth black money and reduce tax evasion, a new reward scheme titled “Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme, 2018” has been issued by the Income Tax Department, superseding the earlier reward scheme issued in 2007.

Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme, 2018  : full Scheme Link :

https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/news/letter-it-informants-rewards-scheme-1-5-18.pdf

Under the revised scheme, a person can get reward up to Rs. 50 lakh for giving specific information in prescribed manner to the designated officers of Investigation Directorates in Income Tax Department about substantial evasion of tax on income or assets in India which are actionable under the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Further, Government of India had earlier introduced Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, in order to investigate and assess income and specific assets kept in foreign countries by people taxable in India, recover tax on it and take other actions like penalty and prosecution. With the objective of attracting and encouraging people to give information about such income and assets actionable under Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, reward up to Rs. 5 crore has been introduced in the new reward scheme. The amount has been kept high to make it attractive to potential sources in foreign countries. Under this Scheme, a person can get reward for giving specific information in prescribed manner about substantial tax evasion on income and assets abroad which are actionable under Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015.

Information under this scheme has to be given in prescribed manner to the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) or an officer whom he may authorize in this behalf. Foreigners will also be eligible for reward under this scheme. Identity of the persons giving information will not be disclosed and strict confidentiality shall be maintained.

Details of the revised reward scheme are available in the Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme, 2018, copy of which is  available  in Income Tax offices and on the official website of Income Tax Department www.incometaxindia.gov.in .

Link : http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1534070