New Delhi, Feb 28 (KNN) The newly appointed Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), P C Mody, has directed tax officials to maximize revenue collection and enlarge the basket of tax-paying people in the country without harassing taxpayers.

In his first communication to officials he said “The Income Tax Department should pull up its socks to maximize revenue collection and enlarge the basket of tax-paying people in the country”.

He asked the taxman to make special efforts in redressing the grievances and the issues faced by ‘small taxpayers’, and work with greater transparency and accountability.

"Our immediate priority will be maximising revenue collection. We need to widen and deepen the tax base, ensuring simultaneously, the optimum utilisation of physical as well as human resources," Mody said in an official letter to the regional chiefs of the tax department across the country.

The central government had earlier this month appointed Mody as the CBDT Chairman and he took charge of the policy-making body of the Income Tax Department on February 15.

(KNN/YV)