Tax Payer service Centre in Bangalore Customs

By Vijay Kumar

THE Bangalore Customs has brought to the notice of all Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and other members of the Trade that a "Tax Payer Service Centre" for Bangalore City Customs Commissionerate is set up on 4th Floor, Annexe to Central Revenue Building, Queen's Road, Bangalore. The "Taxpayer Service Centre" is a single window system for accepting / handling all taxpayer's queries, complaints, grievances etc., and a unique acknowledgement number will be generated on the spot for future reference of the taxpayer and the disposal of the query/complaint/grievance etc., filed at the Taxpayer Service Centre shall be monitored at the level of Commissioner so as to ensure prompt and effective disposal. The "Taxpayer Service Centre" will start functioning with immediate effect.

The setting up of "Taxpayer Service Centre" is as a measure of Government's initiative to improve "Ease of Doing Business" and also the Department has declared the current year as the year of Taxpayer Services.

All Importers, Exporters, Customs House Agents, Customs Brokers and other members of the Trade are advised to make use of the "Taxpayer Service Centre".

The Centre is headed by a Superintendent as 'Senior Tax Facilitator', assisted by an Inspector as 'Tax facilitator'.

Hopefully, this centre is not a fly-by-night affair like the much fancied 'Help Centres' that mushroomed a few years ago.

Bangalore Customs Public Notice No. 19/2015., Dated November 06 2015