The Excise Department, Government of Delhi has collected record revenue of Rs. 306.75 crores during the financial year 2013-14. The Luxury Tax Branch of Excise Department has achieved this growth of 4.5% as compared to last financial year.
Giving details, the Excise & Luxury Tax Commissioner Shri J.B. Singh said that the Department is providing better services to the registered entities after implementing Excise Supply Chain Information Management System (ESCIMS) for on-line payment of tax and filing of on-line returns of Luxury Tax wherein registered dealers are depositing the luxury tax by way of various methods like on-line payment through net banking.
Shri Singh further said that Luxury Tax registration in respect of hotels had already been included in e-SLA (Electronic Service Level Agreement). Now Luxury Tax registration in respect of Gym/Health Club, Spa and Banquet Hall is being provided to the citizens to facilitate/ensure timely delivery of services to them.
The Commissioner informed that the Department is going to implement ESCIMS in full-fledged manner in the Luxury Tax to send the Assessment Notice and initiate assessment by the Assessing Authority through on-line. He further informed that vigorous enforcement drives have been undertaken by the Department to check the registered entities where revenue collection was found short as compare to the preceding year and where entities have carried on the business without being registered under Luxury Tax Act.
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