Encounters with Corruption and Harassment in Income-tax of an IRS Officer
TARSEM Chand Gupta is an IRS Officer - a Deputy Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He has written a 400+ pages book entitled, Encounters with Corruption and Harassment in Income-tax of an IRS Officer. He says for his honesty and dedication to duty, he suffered a lot during his service career from the hands of corrupt, stubborn and egoistic officers. Due to honesty and non-compromising attitude his name was referred to the CBI in agreed list for intensive surveillance and inquiry, his integrity was written as doubtful, his Annual Confidential Reports were spoiled, he was transferred again and again and his promotion was withheld.
He has narrated his experiences regarding rampant corruption in the Income-tax Department. For the greed of money and to satisfy their false ego, how the officers, shamelessly, at every level, act, behave and cause loss to the Exchequer and harass their subordinates and the public, alike.
He thinks it his fundamental right as well as duty to bring the truth before the public at the earliest. He says that after having suffered so much he was ready to face any further adverse situation. “Let it come”, he says stoically.
We bring you excerpts from the chapter on Restructuring 2001.