How a Central Excise Assessee Motivates His Staff?
A much harassed Central Excise assessee, who is not very well educated, a rustic from a remote village trying to make it big in a big city, but a committed nationalist, proud to pay his taxes – amidst all the corruption and scandals – you think there can exist such a person. ? Well, we know such a person. The other day he told us,
“Our 70 employees feel that they are better qualified and deserve better salaries than what we are paying them and doing a thankless job here wasting their talent. One day I called them and showed them the ER 1 returns and told them that this is what we are working for. We pay around Rs. 40 lakhs in a month as excise duty on our product. This is your contribution. This money is used for building roads, electricity and so on. We pay 3% on the 40 Lakhs separately for education as cess. This is used to build schools for your children, pay for their teachers. Now divide the tax by 70 and you will know how much each one of you is earning for yourself in addition to your salary. If you are not here, the factory is not here and you don't have this money for your development.”
Can there be a better way of motivating the staff and understanding the concept of taxes? That too coming from a man from a village without much education. THERE IS STILL HOPE!