Anger Among Traders

Punjab State’s Excise and Taxation Department issue notification in which it’s mentioned that from 1st June 2011 onwards in Punjab on to sale/purchase of 20,000 rupees of items–

• Iron and Steel
• Cotton Bales
• Yarns
• Edible Oil
• Timber
• Marble and every type of Tiles

and other items on to bill amount of two lakhs rupees, state dealers have to upload details on to the Punjab state’s excise and taxation department, that’s not all it is mandatory for dealers to upload information plus receipt has to be tagged with sale bill, failure in this regards traders cannot move goods from one place to another. Notification by Excise and Taxation department of Punjab make the traders furious, as there argument in response to that is they are already in the process of filling E-Returns of sale purchase made by them till Seventh of next month, and it is mandatory for the state traders, now department seeking more information from the traders, they are unable to understand the motive of department, hence opposition from the traders have made department silent and there officers are not ready to talk on to this matter.
    Past week excise and taxation department issue notification which make traders full of anger and they are protesting against the notification, also in mood to get down on roads if there demand of canceling the notification will be listen with deaf ears by the government, for this they will wait for one week time then they will announce there next step against the notification as it is not acceptable to them in any form. When contact made with department on to the anger of traders, in response to it department’s officer said that they cannot do anything in this regards as this issue is directly related to the state government which is final authority to do anything. Moreover tragedy with this notification is that Excise and Taxation department has made notification public through print media but without any clear terms, and whatever little bit information is available, it is totally anti traders of the state, so in this scenario as in the past they were succeed to cancel the previous four notification by the Chief Minister of state and now its latest addition will also follow the direction of its predecessors, other wise they will left with no other choice but to get down on roads across state as in Punjab there is one lakh and sixty thousand traders, but only ten thousand traders have access of net and computer, so its not possible for others to immediately follow instruction of Excise and Taxation department, traders are already facing stiff competition from other sectors and going ahead with this notification by state government and Excise and Taxation department will make them to protest against it and if they need to close down there business’ then they wont hesitate.
    Notification of Excise and Taxation department on to sale/purchase of 20,000 rupees on to above coded items is to squeeze trader’s liberty as they are already submitting details to the department on next months Seventh, then what is the necessity of department seeking further information from them they are unable to understand.