Tax-payers throng Palace Grounds Bangalore for filing their income tax returns at the stalls specially put up by the Income Tax Department. The Department has set up 40 help desk counters. Ten counters have been set to cater only for those who will file bulk IT returns. There are nearly 90 counters with 160 staff including Assistant Commissioners, Income Tax officers, Inspectors and Tax assistants at the counters.
Citizens will have to bring a copy of their pan card and Form 16 to file their returns. For people interested in the Central government’s ‘Tax Returns Preparer scheme’, the IT department has set up 10 separate counters to help citizens.
Counters of National Securities Depository Limited and Axis Bank, stationery stores and food courts have also been set up.The citizen can also apply for new pan cards here. The stalls function from 9 30 am to 5 30 pm.
