WB Govt gives last chance to dealers to furnish correct PAN info online

Kolkata, Apr 13 (KNN) The Directorate General of Commercial Taxes of West Bengal decided to give last opportunity to the registered dealers to furnish the correct PAN information online positively whose income tax information do not match with the data with directorate.

In a notification, the Commissioner of Commercial taxes, Binod Kumar said that it is a necessary preparatory step for the State’s subsequent integration into the proposed Goods & Services Tax Network for implementation of GST.

For appropriate matching, the dealers have been informed through several e-mails over more than the last two years and also through messages in the Directorate’s website and advertisements in newspapers for providing the necessary information about PAN, which may be furnished online in the Directorate’s website by accessing through the dealer’s User ID and Password, said in notification.

The Notification said that while it is heartening to note that majority of data has been verified and matched, there are still some dealers who have not provided the appropriate information correctly. The e-services and facility of online return filing have been withdrawn for such PAN mismatch dealers.

The last date of providing the information online is 30.04.2016

Since PAN mismatch dealers are those who have neither availed of eservices nor filed online return, any dealer who does not furnish the relevant information within that date shall be presumed to have not been actively carrying on business.

Appropriate proceedings for cancellation of their Registration Certificates shall be initiated by the concerned Assessing Authorities and such proceedings should be completed within two months thereafter. This way by end of June, 2016 all existing and active registered dealers shall have their PAN verified and matched as per Income Tax Department’s database. (KNN Bureau)