TIMS

1
TIMS

• An innovation on the revenue side
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2
VISION

• Efficient transparent tax administration
• Decision Support System for the government both
  on the revenue and the expenditure side
• Move towards e-governance and consequent benefits
  to the government, dealers and the citizens in
  general
• Link up with the North Eastern states in
  particular and the rest of the nation
  technologically so as to reduce tax evasion

3
Project execution steps

• High level Steering Committee with technical
  experts to guide the project to completion and
  give it new directions. This also helps in
  getting government approvals quickly for
  essential technological purchases
• Core teams for-
• Software development
• Hardware network matters
• Testing of software
• Training of manpower
• On-line practice
• System operationalisation

4
TIMS includes

• All Acts of taxation covered by the system.
• System includes modules like Goods information
  System (Check Post), Registration, Returns,
  Assessment, Payments, Recovery, Vigilance Head
  Office
• System has unique security features
• Efforts have been made to make the tax office a
  paperless office in the future through this
  technology.

5
The System in Place

• 77 locations (offices of tax department) all over
  the state provided with computers
• These locations connected to the head office
  through leased line and V-sat connectivity.
• 11 Check gates also connected to the head office
  relaying on a 24 hour basis the flow of goods
  into and outside the state.
• The dealers file automatically being updated from
  the check gate and so the tax collection
  automatically being calculated.
• Filing system integrated with the tax system.

6
Future Scope

• Integration with Banks for e-payment
• Inter-active web-site for dealers so that the
  necessary documents can be downloaded without
  having to visit the tax office.
• E-returns through the interactive website

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Accruing Benefits

• Steady Revenue increase after gestation period
• Systematic recording, processing storage of
  data is taking place and dealers data cannot now
  be lost in files and is available at the click of
  a mouse
• Tax administration has become transparent and
  more efficient as analysis of dealer data has
  become possible at appropriate levels

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Accruing Benefits (Contd)

• Efficient and skilled workforce is being created
• Manpower utilization has been optimized
• Policy impact of taxation proposals can be better
  analyzed and linkages with the expenditure side
  established. Expenditure can be better planned.