Coincides with withdrawal of their strike on Jaitley assurances of no harassment or red tape Jewellers have started getting tax notices over the one per cent excise duty imposed by the Budget for 2016- 17, even as they called off their 18- day strike on the issue from Saturday evening, after assurances from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against harassment. The notices ask jewellers to furnish details of turnover, copies of balance sheets and income tax returns. “It is ironic that as the minister assured us against harassment by tax officials, many of us have already started receiving notices. There is ahuge disconnect between the policy makers and the tax officials. We do not want inspector raj to return to the sector,” said a jeweller, who did not wish to be named. According to the notices, reviewed by Business Standard, jewellers have been asked to provide their turnover for the past two years in some cases and expected turnover for March 2016. They have also been asked f