[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There have been several Asian countries that have made enormous progress in the arena of ICT awareness, knowledge, and skill. Some have completely outpaced others on particular areas and have become global leaders.
There is a plan to revamp the country’s largest e-governance project – MCA-21(Ministry of Corporate Affairs while 21 standing for 21st century reform), which enables e-filing of corproate information with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The Ministry will undertake the project along with Tata Consultancy Services.
From April 1, 2008 individual and corporate taxpayers who pay INR 50,000 and more as tax in a single payment may have to make the payment electronically. According to the sources in the Finance Ministry, a formal announcement to this effect from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is expected shortly. Mandatory e-payment of taxes will boost the CBDT
Soon, filing of returns will become much more easier for the value added tax (VAT) for citizens of Pune (India).
The Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs has implemented an e-Governance Project called
Corporate sector in India has adopted e-Filing of income-tax returns in a big way.
The Chief Commissioner of the Income tax department, Rajiva Deva inaugurated the help centre of e-filing of income tax return on November 4, 2006. According to Deva, now people can file their income tax returns on the internet also.
The government of India is set to introduce e-filing system for Indian corporates for tax payments. Following this system is mandatory for firms but voluntary for other classes of tax payers.
[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Government is one strategy of the Royal Thai Government. It is in this context that every government agency is therefore now moving forward to modernise its office by using information and communication technology (ICT) to provide move e-Services to the public.
In an inaugural seminar on
