Vadodara: The second wave of Coronavirus has taken toll of the income tax officials who are busy meeting their March end targets. In the last 10 days, 27 income tax employees posted in the city have been detected positive for Covid-19. The employees are under quarantine and some portions of income tax building have been sanitized.
“Most of the employees infected with Covid-19 are from the jurisdictional range of income tax department. It is located on the first floor of the building that is frequented by citizens daily,” said Ganesh Joshi, secretary, Income Tax Employees Federation. Joshi said that the first floor of the building was sanitized some days ago.
“Some senior officials including from the investigation wing too tested positive for Covid-19,” Joshi told TOI. The sudden spurt in Covid cases has left the income tax department worried as it has to meet its tax collection targets. The Covid cases will affect its tax collection drive. Vadodara has seen a fall of 80 per cent in its tax collection in the current financial year.