Govt should immediately solve IT issue for old settlers: SNPP

source:Sikkim Express:


GANGTOK, November 25: Following the recent decision of the Old Settlers of Sikkim not to file any annual Income Tax returns, the Sikkim Nationalist People’s Party (SNPP) has today slammed the Sikkim Democratic Front government for not taking up the matter seriously

During a press conference here in the Capital today, SNPP co-coordinator Diley Namgyal Kazi stressed that the State Government should come up with an appropriate solution.

“The State Government should have an elaborate discussion with all opposition parties and NGOs related with the issue for an abrupt solution,” he suggested adding that the IT solution for the old settlers should not be neglected.
At the same time, the SNPP leader demanded that the cut off year should be fixed up by the government on the matter. He also raised a question on wealth tax stating that the domicile holders are not kept aloof from the purview of paying the wealth tax which indirectly signifies that the income tax is indirectly implemented in Sikkim.

Mr. Kazi further took the Sikkim bureaucrats to task alleging them of being involved in rampant corruption. “Several Acts including that of minimum labour wages act are not being fully exercised by many private companies in Sikkim,” he added