L J Ravi 
The success of guarantee schemes depends on the efforts of commercial tax officers
Try to achieve first position in the country in GST collection – CM calls on commercial tax officers
Bengaluru : Karnataka is ranked second in the country in GST collection and should try to reach second position in the coming days, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told the commercial tax officers.
He was speaking while inaugurating the Golden Jubilee program organized by the Karnataka Commercial Tax Service Association, Bangalore today. Two years of successful governance of the government
The association has achieved a milestone of 50 years, congratulations to all the office bearers of the association who worked hard for this. With the cooperation of all of you, I was able to handle the responsibility of the Finance Department for a long time. I have handled the work of the Finance Department as Finance Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and Chief Minister. Now, two years of successful governance of the government have been completed, and a conference has been organized in Hospet, Vijayanagar district on May 20, he said.
Tax collection target should be achieved
Commercial tax officers are playing an important role in tax collection, and congratulations to all the officers for this. Responsible officers will collect good tax. The Commercial Tax Department will be able to collect a large amount of tax. Last year, a target of 1,03,000 crores was set for tax collection, and an additional 17,000 crores of tax collection was achieved. This year, a target of 1,20,000 crores has been given for tax collection, and the officers have to exceed the target. This year, a budget of Rs. 409,000 crores has been presented, of which Rs. 50,018 crores has been allocated for guarantee schemes. So far, Rs. 90,000 crores have been spent on guarantee schemes. The opposition had criticized that the state would go bankrupt if the guarantees could not be met. He said that the efforts of the department officials are behind this success of the government. Government committed to bring reforms in tax process
Even though I am the Finance Minister, I do not want to interfere unnecessarily in the functioning of tax officers. But the officers should try to achieve the tax collection target given to the department. Tax evasion is at a high level in Bengaluru. Karnataka is at the forefront in tax collection. The government is committed to bringing more reforms in the tax payment process. The government will examine the demands of the Tax Officers’ Association. The government will always respond to the fair demands of government employees. Similarly, the government will also take disciplinary action against officers and employees who commit dereliction of duty, he said.
