Panned Out
A newsreport in the Times of India dated 2nd July says that a three month old child in Orissa has received a PAN card from the Income Tax office. The child is a model for an NGO and the proud Papa would not club its income with his under his return. He wanted a separate PAN for his child and though reluctant at first, the authorities yielded.
Another Guinness Book of World Records entry after the aborted attempt by a Tamilnadu doctor couple who got their 15 year old son to perform a ceaserian section on an unsuspecting patient?
The IT authorities are not sure if this toddler is their youngest assessee. To declare so with certainty, they have to go through voluminous records all over India. When last heard, they were calling for tenders from software consultants for developing a software for finding out at the push of a button the youngest assessee.
This news has sent a flutter through the Aayakar Bhavan in Mumbai which has the maximum number of child models. Inspectors fanned out, braving the heavy rains were doing the rounds of Filmcity, Versova and Lokhandawala complexes to catch 'em young before the evasion becomes a scandal that the IT authorities were caught napping. The Johnson baby oil kid just giggled without disclosing how much he received for allowing to be massaged. The kid in the vest add just said " Yeh andar ki baat hai" . The huggies ad kid got so scared on seeing the Inspector that he su su ed in his napkin. The next one threatened the Inspector by shouting "My daddy is the strongest"
As show cause notices were being issued to the kids, several NGOs fighting for childrens' rights assembled at the Azad Maidan and started shouting slogans against Chidambaram. By issuing PAN cards and demand notices the Finance Ministry, ipso facto, was lending legality to child labour, they said. The Ministry of Women and Child Welfare complained to the Prime Minister against the Finance Ministry and the FM promptly summoned the mandarins of the Central Board of Direct Taxes who professed ignorance about the developments at the periphery. An inter-ministerial Committee was appointed to look into the matter and submit its report within six months. The members of the Committee are on an extensive tour of the country to visit each and every ad agency and movie production house and enjoy a few shootings on the sideline.
Meanwhile, the kid in Orissa when asked to put its thumb impression on the IT Saral form, lost its cool and started hollering sounds to the effect "What the hell is all this about? I am hungry I cant eat this stuff. Gimme milk" The man from the Ad Agency for an infant food company who was lurking, just waitng for this moment, caught the whole scene on his video camera and is now making a true to life ad on infant foods,which have several advantages over PAN cards.
And simpletons like me who have applied for a PAN card six months back are still waiting for it.
Was it Mark Twain who said that only two things are certain in this life - Death and Taxes.
Another Guinness Book of World Records entry after the aborted attempt by a Tamilnadu doctor couple who got their 15 year old son to perform a ceaserian section on an unsuspecting patient?
The IT authorities are not sure if this toddler is their youngest assessee. To declare so with certainty, they have to go through voluminous records all over India. When last heard, they were calling for tenders from software consultants for developing a software for finding out at the push of a button the youngest assessee.
This news has sent a flutter through the Aayakar Bhavan in Mumbai which has the maximum number of child models. Inspectors fanned out, braving the heavy rains were doing the rounds of Filmcity, Versova and Lokhandawala complexes to catch 'em young before the evasion becomes a scandal that the IT authorities were caught napping. The Johnson baby oil kid just giggled without disclosing how much he received for allowing to be massaged. The kid in the vest add just said " Yeh andar ki baat hai" . The huggies ad kid got so scared on seeing the Inspector that he su su ed in his napkin. The next one threatened the Inspector by shouting "My daddy is the strongest"
As show cause notices were being issued to the kids, several NGOs fighting for childrens' rights assembled at the Azad Maidan and started shouting slogans against Chidambaram. By issuing PAN cards and demand notices the Finance Ministry, ipso facto, was lending legality to child labour, they said. The Ministry of Women and Child Welfare complained to the Prime Minister against the Finance Ministry and the FM promptly summoned the mandarins of the Central Board of Direct Taxes who professed ignorance about the developments at the periphery. An inter-ministerial Committee was appointed to look into the matter and submit its report within six months. The members of the Committee are on an extensive tour of the country to visit each and every ad agency and movie production house and enjoy a few shootings on the sideline.
Meanwhile, the kid in Orissa when asked to put its thumb impression on the IT Saral form, lost its cool and started hollering sounds to the effect "What the hell is all this about? I am hungry I cant eat this stuff. Gimme milk" The man from the Ad Agency for an infant food company who was lurking, just waitng for this moment, caught the whole scene on his video camera and is now making a true to life ad on infant foods,which have several advantages over PAN cards.
And simpletons like me who have applied for a PAN card six months back are still waiting for it.
Was it Mark Twain who said that only two things are certain in this life - Death and Taxes.
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