• I Paid A Bribe
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TDS Returns

Reported on April 27, 2011 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #8946

I was aghast to find out that tax returns on TDS certificates incurs an unofficial bribe of 10% payable to the clergy who clear the payments. My Tax Returns have been taken a year and a half to be cleared, I had to pursue it actively to ensure that I receive my rightful returns. But when it has finally cleared I had to pay 10% of the amount due to the officials, or else they threaten to further delay the process. This is apparently how it works. This is blatant blackmail, at a mass level, and involves crores of tax payers money. If the government cannot ensure transparent processes, how does it have the right to take our money in the first place?

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