<p>The Haryana Excise and Taxation Department is keeping an eye on tax-evading builders and e-commerce companies as it aims to recover a whopping arrears of around Rs 3,500 crore accumulated over a period of 20 years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, Excise and Taxation Minister Kiran Choudhry said the department is tapping new areas where taxes are due for increasing revenue collections.<br /><br />She said some builders as well as top e-commerce companies registered in Gurgaon have been asked to pay the tax. <br /><br />Some hotels were found charging service tax or charge from the consumers, but not paying it to the government and they had been directed to fall in line, she added.<br />“We are also getting a survey done to find out how many hotels are indulging in this illegal practice,” she said. <br /><br />The minister also touched upon recovering arrears of Rs 3,500 crore, which have been outstanding for a period of 20 years on various accounts. “I have put my officers on the job,” she said.<br /><br />The department, she said, receives complaints of various nature including harassment, complaints against the officials and against the distilleries. <br /><br />She said action has been taken in cases where “our officers have been found guilty”.<br />“We are working here without any vested interest and in a complete transparent manner,” she said.<br /><br />Commenting on the incidents where illicit liquor is seized in huge quantities, she said the liquor is destroyed and the entire process is video graphed and overseen by a committee to avoid any bungling. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Kiran Choudhry said the state government would get Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation amounting to Rs 1,275 crore by the end of February 2014.<br /><br />Choudhry said Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has assured that a budget provision for the said amount of compensation has been made. <br /><br />She said she had strongly taken up the issue of compensation at higher level as a result of which the Central government would now compensate the state to settle its pending claims up to the year 2010.<br /><br /> This would further boost up the revenue collections, she added.<br /></p>
<p>The Haryana Excise and Taxation Department is keeping an eye on tax-evading builders and e-commerce companies as it aims to recover a whopping arrears of around Rs 3,500 crore accumulated over a period of 20 years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, Excise and Taxation Minister Kiran Choudhry said the department is tapping new areas where taxes are due for increasing revenue collections.<br /><br />She said some builders as well as top e-commerce companies registered in Gurgaon have been asked to pay the tax. <br /><br />Some hotels were found charging service tax or charge from the consumers, but not paying it to the government and they had been directed to fall in line, she added.<br />“We are also getting a survey done to find out how many hotels are indulging in this illegal practice,” she said. <br /><br />The minister also touched upon recovering arrears of Rs 3,500 crore, which have been outstanding for a period of 20 years on various accounts. “I have put my officers on the job,” she said.<br /><br />The department, she said, receives complaints of various nature including harassment, complaints against the officials and against the distilleries. <br /><br />She said action has been taken in cases where “our officers have been found guilty”.<br />“We are working here without any vested interest and in a complete transparent manner,” she said.<br /><br />Commenting on the incidents where illicit liquor is seized in huge quantities, she said the liquor is destroyed and the entire process is video graphed and overseen by a committee to avoid any bungling. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Kiran Choudhry said the state government would get Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation amounting to Rs 1,275 crore by the end of February 2014.<br /><br />Choudhry said Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has assured that a budget provision for the said amount of compensation has been made. <br /><br />She said she had strongly taken up the issue of compensation at higher level as a result of which the Central government would now compensate the state to settle its pending claims up to the year 2010.<br /><br /> This would further boost up the revenue collections, she added.<br /></p>