Mekathoti Dayasagar appointed new IT commissioner of Andhra Pradesh

VIJAYAWADA: A 1992-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer,

Mekathoti Dayasagar

on Wednesday assumed the charge of the

Commissioner of Income Tax

(TDS),

Vijayawada

.

Dayasagar has so far worked in different zones of the IT including Hyderabad and Mumbai. Native of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, Dayasagar is considered as an upright officer in the department. Vijayawada joint commissioner Vinod Kannan, Visakhapatnam joint commissioner Sankar, deputy commissioner Chintapalli Meher Chand, Income tax officer Durga Bhavani and the senior officials in the commissionerate called on the commissioner and accorded warm welcome.

As the Commissioner of Income Tax (TDS), Vijayawada, Dayasagar would handle the matters of TDS in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

He told the media that effective TDS tax administration, grievance free tax administration and better taxpayer services to the tax deductors would be top on his priorities. He said that he would also look into the prompt collection of the due taxes and achievement of the targets. Dayasagar’s wife Sucharitha is AP’s home minister.