No VAT refund, Cong raps govt
Wednesday, 30/07/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140730/punjab.htm#2
Chandigarh : The Congress today criticised the state government for its "failure" to provide VAT refunds worth hundreds of crores to traders in Punjab.
PPCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa alleged that the issue had been brought to the notice of the government several times, but to no avail. "Rampant corruption prevails in the Excise and Taxation Department, which is with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Sukhbir is considered to be a management expert and he has vowed to make the system transparent to end corruption. But he has failed here,” said Bajwa.
He alleged the VAT refund had not been given for the last several months and the arrears amounted to hundreds of crores. “How can the traders prosper when the government is putting unnecessary financial burden on the community,” he asked.
