CBDT Chairman Inaugurates Taxpayers’ Lounge at India International Trade Fair 2023

The chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) inaugurated the taxpayers’ lounge at India International Trade Fair 2023 on 15th November 2023 at 12:00 pm. The theme of this trade is the ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, the world shall unite by trade.

Last year, the chairman inaugurated the lounge on the same date that is 15th November 2022. The Taxpayers’ Lounge seeks to educate taxpayers about various taxpayer facilitation initiatives undertaken by the Department in recent times and also to create awareness among children and young adults (future taxpayers) about the importance of taxes in nation-building.

Last Year, With these main objectives, various activities have been organised in the Taxpayers’ Lounge such as:

1. Assistance in application for PAN/e-PAN, PAN-Aadhaar linking and PAN related queries.
2. Assistance in e-Filing and Form 26AS (tax-credit)/AIS related queries.
3. Assistance in queries on Faceless Assessment and compliance-related issues in e-Proceedings.
4. Providing Taxpayer Information Series brochures on various topics.
5. Providing Information regarding initiatives on International Taxation.
6. A Children’s Carnival corner with features like Comic Books, Board Games, Virtual Reality Games, ROBO-TAX, ‘Aaycar’ Video Game, etc. Children can also interact with the Department’s 3 copyrighted comic character mascots- ‘Jaankari Babu’, ‘Tax Pari’ and ‘Taxa’.
7. Nukkad Natak, Quiz shows, Magic shows, live caricature drawing and drawing/painting competitions for children etc. on the themes of taxation and nation-building.

This year also, the importance of tax awareness in the primary objectives with some other entertainments including quizzes, magic shows..etc.

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