Pune-based Link Software launches Taxationdesk.com

Are you always stressed out by taxation problems? Is it next to impossible to
meet tax deadlines? Are you moving from pillar to post to access correct advice?
You need no longer fret over these issues. Just long onto www.taxationdesk.com
and your problems could well be solved.

At a time when almost all dotcoms are going bust, the Pune-based Link
Software and Systems Pvt. Ltd has launched yet another portal called
taxationdesk in association with the tax consulting firm Shantilal Shah to reach
out to harried tax payers.

The launch of Taxationdesk comes close on the heels of the success of their
popular portal www.indiaart.com, a site which has been attempting to popularize
Indian arts and crafts through the web.

Link Software has been in the business of providing IT services, solutions
and consulting to a wide customer base in India and abroad. The company has
developed portals and has helped organizations harness the power of the net with
their ERP and CRM solutions

"Taxationdesk was conceived with the idea and strong belief that
Internet can act as a big enabler in reaching out to a large number of people
and organisations, who may not find it easy to have access to tax consultants.
The portal has very specific and focussed content and a clear revenue
model," Milind Sathe, managing director, Link Software Systems and
Solutions explained.

Taxationdesk has been registered as a separate company with Link Software
holding the minority stake. Shantilal Shah will take care of the domain
knowledge while Link Software will be the technology partner in this joint
venture.

The portal includes information on schedules, notifications, circulars, all
DDQs, Bare Act and Rules and all amendments, facility to search for tax rates,
schedules entries, notifications, download and print functions, calculation of
Income Tax returns, TDS, service tax and sales tax returns, procedures and
penalties, online consultation and extra cost, decisions of high courts on
commodities, order online various in-house and other publications on taxation,
special offers for tax-saving investments and a special tax calendar to remind
customers about tax dates.

Sathe is banking on the subscriptions from customers to bring in revenues and
hopes to make a profit in the first year of operations. In the next few months,
we will launch the portal in other towns of Maharashtra and have ambitious plans
of reaching out to the customer nationally, he said

Besides expanding beyond Maharashtra, Sathe is also hoping to add value by
addressing opportunities that would come from increased bandwidth. This could
include video conferencing.

Sathe expects individuals, small firms, corporates and tax consultants to
register with the site to get their problems solved even if they are not
net-savvy.

(CNS)