Tax notices to Durga Puja committees: CBDT says reports incorrect, Mamata slams `Puja Jijia tax´
(WorldNews India)

As TMC workers on Tuesday staged a dharna over income tax (I-T) notices to Durga Puja committees, the Central Board of Direct Taxes issued a statement calling the reports `factually incorrect`. However, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit back at the CBDT, calling the imposition of tax on Durga Puja committees as `Puja Jijia Tax´. Advertising In a statement issued late on Tuesday evening, the CBTD said, `There have been reports in the media about Income Tax notices being issued to Durga Puja Committees in Kolkata recently. The reports also mention that Income Tax notices were sent to the Durga Puja Committee Forum in the last few weeks. It is unequivocally stated that the said reports are...