- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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Asking for 5% of IT Returns!!!
- Income Tax
- Income Tax Refund
- Paid INR 1,500
For the first time in my life I had gone for a home loan in the year 2008 and the IT Returns that were filed in the year 2009-2010 had to pay out around 40k Rupees to me. This was the tax money that I had saved in the year 2009 due to the home loan. And it was in the month of February 2011 that I had got a call from the Income Tax office in Hyderabad to come and check my details to dispense the cheque. I went on the designated ********** and time and I was called in the room to check the details. The only paper that I had missed in my documents was Form-16 for the year 2009-2010. And I was desperate to get this over with as I had already planned to use this amount. The officer took me out of the room and he said and I quote "I called you and am speeding your process of IT Return, how much can you give" I was shocked. I asked home much I would give? He then said, 5% which was around 2000 rupees. I said, I didnt even get the cheque or the money and you want money already? He confirmed that the cheque will arrive in 2 weeks time and started negotiating on the amount. Finally I settled to give him 1500 rupees and I felt really bad. Don't the officials understand that this is hard earned money. The system everywhere has gone bad. There is no hope for people especially the government sector. We pay taxes and still we suffer. I felt bad but I was in dire need of the money too. I was scared how long he would halt the process if I had not paid him. Or if he would suspend my process altogether.