RE:Lopsided tax statistics
by Naresh Nayak on May 04, 2007 10:35 PM Permalink
The taxman has miserably failed at widening the tax base. I agree with Manoj Puranik's comment just below. Our paanwalas, real estate agents, traders just don't pay the tax. Our Government is not interested in chasing them because they can't afford to chase the small fish. But someday these people will have to start paying the tax.
RE:Lopsided tax statistics
by AMOL BHAIYA on May 04, 2007 10:59 PM Permalink
No tats not true and its not gud to say them useless eaters, cos, they are the one who are facing the heat of so called globalisation and open economy. And because of them only you are still getting almost everything at cheaper rate as compared alomost any nation on the planet. The day you start to tax them, you will have to shell out at 50% more to buyy smae amount of stuff. Also, governement will need to b ail them out of the state they are into now, that will need some mroe money, which in turn would come out of taxing u me and every1 else more. And those "they" are farmers and labourers of India. So, look for a set of solutions which do not oinch anyone and help Govt of India generate more money in Tax.
RE:Lopsided tax statistics
by on May 05, 2007 10:53 AM Permalink
I agree with Naresh, but am not convinced with Amol on everybody paying taxes issue. Why the farmers shouldn't pay tax. Why the merchant/traders shouldn't pay tax? OR Why only middle class salaried should pay tax? To understand the above facet, one must recognise that govt targets clusters of people for vote-bank. Farmers/Traders are easily identifiable community for them, but people like us who are spread out across cities/areas and who easily accept the govt rules without much hue-and-cry dont appear target segment for politicians. Also, you must recognise that development of giant developing nation like India requires huge resources and tax-money from 3% of population won't suffice to bring rapid development of India. Nextly, we people in Metro cities carry an image of village people as poor, uneducated and far away from basic resources. But, this is all myth and you should understand that all consumer goods companies are targetting villages for attaining growth target,as they understand that people in villages(Farmers) also have disposable income for affording their goods. If a country like India has to move forward, the Unorganised Sector taxation is must. Its only a matter of time that people like us wake up and start pressing govt to have wider taxation base of customers, else govt will keep us pushing to corners like the 27% quotas in educational institutes for OBC's (Target Vote Bank).
RE:Lopsided tax statistics
by sreekanth agneswaran on May 05, 2007 09:05 PM Permalink
No, sir... Its not like the paanwaalaas and chaatwalas are not paying tax... There is no question of paying tax, as most of the stalls are illegal! But the point is that even the huge amounts of money they are making is not going to their pockets, but to the pockets of the administrators! Because what they pay is the 'hafta' to the local cops! Even your thelevala veggie vendor does that! And these haftas are pretty huge. Now how could the administration let go of such a lucrative source of income!! So the system takes murderous but legal tax from the salaried class and murderous but illegal haftas from the stallkeepers.
RE:Lopsided tax statistics
by RS Chakravarti on May 05, 2007 06:32 PM Permalink
There are other taxes that we all pay: sales tax etc. So people are not useless eaters!
