Letter to BS: Taxmen shouldn't be pushed to make businesses accept schemes

Pressing officials to make the taxpayers accept schemes may have a demoralising effect on the officials apart from tax terrorism as mentioned

This refers to the editorial, “Licence to harass” (March 4). In the past, the revenue department has withdrawn many  of its appeals pending at various levels for the reason that the issue involved in a squarely similar case had been finalised by the ruling of the apex court. This step was fair enough on the part of department. Now, it has cast on taxpayers the responsibility to come forward and pay the dues and withdraw their appeals if the issue involved had been decided by the apex court against them even if it is against the advice of their counsels