Kerala likely to make online payment mandatory for higher tax amounts
The Hindu
To curb fund misappropriation, govt. might gradually insist on online payment of most taxes
Though an online system for tax payment has been in place in local bodies for the past few years, a large percentage of payments from the public still happen manually, primarily due to database issues and lack of awareness about the system. The bypassing of the online payment system provides a leeway for corrupt officials to misappropriate funds, as it happened at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation recently.
The State Government is currently ironing out issues in the online system and planning to bring about a system for mandatory online payment for taxes of large amounts.
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