The Chairman of Editorial Board of Lokmat Media and former Member of Rajya Sabha Vijay Darda exhorted the Indian Revenue Service trainee officers to act with respect and understanding towards the taxpayers and communicate in layman’s language to remove the fear of the taxman from their mind. Addressing the IRS trainee officers at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) on Tuesday, Darda asked the officers to remove fear from the minds of the taxpayers and have a sense of respect and goodwill towards them.

 

He further asked them to communicate with the taxpayers in simple and easy language, and ensure that the taxpayers willingly and without any pressure pay the taxes. “Always observe the principle of natural justice. With this you can not only contribute better in nation building but also motivate the taxpayers to pay taxes,” he said. During the course of his address, Darda shared his long and rich Parliamentary experiences with the trainee officers. He narrated how he asked question after question from the first day of stepping into the portals of Parliament to the last day of his tenure. He referred to the number of Bills he tabled and shared detailed information about the questions he asked in the Parliament. The Principal Director General (Training) of NADT Ruby Srivastava and Joint Director and Course Director of 74th batch Rishi Kumar Bisen were prominently present on the occasion.