*This is my personal
opinion and have no intention to hurt any community or person, directly and
indirectly.
Tax payer term essentially need some glamour and one should
be proud of being a tax payer, but in my country a tax payer always have the sense
that tax from his hard earned money after working 10 Hrs. a day will be
transferred to foreign bank accounts of ministers and politicians and a small
percentage of it will be used for nations development which will be
insufficient while some of it will be spent on giving reservations to the
people of some community, such a thought process ends in frustration he will be
left with no option either to look for an opportunity to settle somewhere else
for a better living and to give their children a fair opportunities in
education and jobs which will not be based on the class, cast or religion.
Reservations, the only word I am sick of listening every
time I turn on a news channel and I
wonder who are these people agitating and why they need reservations, what actually
are they doing for the county in some or another way that they need reservations.
I personally feel two words I mentioned above Tax Payers and
Reservation does go well along with each other but the word reservation really
makes me feel uncomfortable as it challenges my capability; to me it’s just
like accepting a dowry so in my opinion this word RESERVATION needs a new
definition and according to me what the best suites me is BENIFITS. Benefits of being a tax payer.
Since I am a salaried employee, so I have a different
perspective and line of think other than the business communities.
3W’s, who, why and where a tax payer should get benefits as
he is contributing a part of his income in the development of this country.
Huge structural changes with minimal efforts will be
required to give benefits to the deserving; as its not wise to put all the
apples in the same bucket so I think that benefits should be given based on the
annual tax an individual contribute from his income. Similarly the benefits
should also be quantified and categorized in different segments, i:e a person
who pays more amount of his income should get more benefits in some other way.
Benefits should be categorized in medical treatments in all
private and public Hospitals by providing better services and rooms and waving
or minimizing the service tax. Admission fees/ tuition fees in school and
colleges should be waved off or the percentage of admission fees should be
reduced as per the annual tax you pays. More trips in public transport facilities
or longer validity of travel pass and service tax should not be charged from
the customer who are using non-public transport be it private taxis, flights,
railways. Similarly service tax on luxury item should be reduced as per the
returns they file, those who pay more tax should have less luxury tax as they
deserve luxury. Entertainment tax should be waived of as the person who is
paying taxes have every right to enjoy without shedding more money so that he
can save more.
Similarly home loans
on low interest and waving off Service tax, sales tax from customer pocket and reducing
registry charges up to 50% for the 1st property and increasing a
substantial interest rate on 2nd property.
Low Car loans interest rates and less tax on Vehicle till
the government provides a top class transport infrastructure for the public.
All these benefits should be applicable to a family of 3-4
for a single tax payer in a family while increasing the limit in case the
number of tax payers are more than 1 in a family.
These are few benefits which will make us a honored to be a
tax payer.
