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You can file your income tax returns sitting at home. Trained Income Tax professionals will come to your doorstep, if needed, to help in filing returns.
The Tax Department has announced two new initiatives: ‘Register for Home Visit’ and ‘Online Tax Help.’
To make use of these facilities a taxpayer will have to visit the Web site >www.trpscheme.com .
The taxpayer can choose between ‘online help’ or ‘home visit’.
Salaried individuals are required to file their returns for income earned in 2011-12 by July 31.
While those earning Rs 5 lakh annually or less are not required to file returns, those whose annual income is Rs 10 lakh or more can only file online.
The tax payers, who choose to register for home visit, will be asked to indicate in short the help required by them and a convenient date and time when the Tax Return Preparer (TRP) can visit them for assistance.
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The help desk will forward the query of the taxpayer to the nearest available TRP and fix the appointment by telephone. The TRP will then visit the taxpayer and render assistance.
The facility is aimed at helping the taxpayers in filing their return and thereby reducing their cost of compliance.
The TRPs are allowed to collect fee from the taxpayers according to the TRP notification subject to a maximum of Rs 250 for a return preparation.
The facility for home visit by TRPs has been made available in Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Patna.
The facility would be extended to more cities during the next phase.
On choosing the option of online tax help, the taxpayer can fill in his tax related query along with his contact details. The online query will be resolved by tax experts through email or phone within 24 hours.
For both home visit and online help, one can also call The TRP scheme call centre number 1800-10-23738.
> Shishir.sinha@thehindu.co.in
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